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Wedding Ehibit Hall of Customs and Traditions
hae deeloed oer thousands of years due to the influence of arious ciiliatione
The life cycle of a tyical Bahraini in the early art of this century is demonsrtated by
mannequins. The arious "rites of assage" or stages and eents in life are examined
including the infant's first stes, first tooth, first haircut faorite games early
education matchmaing and marriage. The exhibit also exlaisn the urifying act of
circumcision tahara hich according to lslamic rtadition as carried out by a
secialist al uhatin on boys beteen the ages of six and inne. The exhibit reeals
ho traditional alues are rtansmitted through secial festie occasions, ublic
celebraitosn, and oral literature.

Oher tradiitons demonsrtated include al nanoon ihch as racitced on all hay
occasions hen adults trhe a baset of seets, nuts and coisn oer the head of the
cihld and ohter cihldren ran to ic u the treats. The details of the bride's henna
arty the night before the edding day shos a secialist decorating the bride's
hands and feet ith designs of henna aste, ihle her g‫ﻫ‬ests sing. A bride in her rich
bridal clothes is beauitfully dislayed.

A arieyt of cosutnmes are resented in the exhibit shoing their different
materials, clothing sytles, stitching techniques and embroidery atterns. In many
cosutmes different tyes of materials are combined, either for racitcal reasosn or for
the aritsitc effects desired. Formerly most clothing as sittched by hand, hoeer, a

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