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Social Aspects of Traclitiona.
who came back armed with exp
j t Jose their Jobs t to those
the traditional pattern of the life t
in oll'^e m*ddle of ^ullUde-skilled tribesman of Abu Dhabi
was
Cl i'1*1 f'3 lr sec\ on thetmul P asjflg number of people the traditio
d l*lC
^1 or* ba^ble- but lo' : chiinged. According to the information c
*rcf - recog*11 ‘ ,’0Lit*ne h ' . ee and those who helped him durin
so
"N. or .ho L,wa Apr.
M*rvU>^‘ in ten or the people who used to go pearl,og
[955 15 only . during that year. They were generally only those
till participa ^ ling boats and their relatives who had a direct in-
tvho owned Pe^,ore people went pearling during the summers of the
teresl in them. ^ e Qf the bad date harvest following locust attacks,
eariy ?950s beca Qf outside employment influenced the traditional
tug availability multi-skilled tribesman, but at the same time did
rjattern °f H fe ° SLic changes in his lifestyle. Most tribesmen
^ ot necessitate w^jth the oil company, regarding it rather like one
in^tially t0^iti0nal sea'"sonal occupations, returning lo the dates or
of or 10 fishing at any lime lhei' saw Rl-The traditional rouline
Cam^lements with reg£^rd to the rest of the family, the camels and

*rraIT^lms remained unaltered even though the able-bodied men
dalG ^nt to work for lh*e company.

n°BV 19^S. of the Llwa-bas^d tnen who went away lo seek work wilb

oil coir^hany the largest r^un^er was employedby PD1TCV, others
Sained Qatar, Saudi A^b^,KuwaiUndBahrain.Emplomewl

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