ABC's of Culture- Yemen
By: Varunika Vijay
Art/Creations
Art:
Art/jewelry is typically made in silver or silver accents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8alVy5PRE0
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Buildings:
Buildings are made with mud, brick, reed, or stone.
Communication System
People used a system of letters, but now fixed-line cellphones.
Language:
People in Yemen mostly speak/communicate in Arabic.
Knowledge:
Schools teach English and Russian. They have medical and Quran schools.
Movement/Transportation
Horses and Donkeys:
People use horses and donkeys to pull carts as a another way of transportation.
Automobiles:
Automobiles are what Yemenis use now in Yemen.
Camels:
Camels are one thing Yemenis used for transportation.
Money
Yemen has a small industry.
Currency:
Yemenis use Riyals to pay for goods and services. No coins are used in Yemen.
Jobs:
Jobs in Yemen are...........
- Oil worker
- Farmer
- Government official
- Trader
People
Women in Yemen wear long dresses, loosely fitted clothes, and veils.
Population:
The population of Yemen is 15.8 million(1994).
Quality of Life:
Yemen has a good population, but the country itself is pretty poor.
Religion:
Most Yemenis are Islam or Jewish.
Yemen
History:
Yemen was part of southern Arabia and lived mostly on agriculture and trade. The acrobatics were high valued in rituals, where they were burned as incenses. In the 1st century AD, Greeks and Romans discovered using the monsoon winds helpful to travel to India to trade. With spreads of Christianity in the Roman area, pagan rituals using frankincense were abandoned. Yemen had economic issue. This led to lack of care to a dam in the near by area and people had to move somewhere else. Later, Persians conquered Yemen and turned the entire population to Muslims. Then the Europeans took over. After that Ottoman Turks took most of Yemen. Then the Turks lost jobs and the Yemenis were free from Turkish rule. Britain came and occupied Yemen being on the route to India. Later Turks came back, struggled at starting a new life and left. After World War I, came the king of Yemen. Aden was granted independence in 1925 by the British, however in no way did Yemenis lives improve. After Ahmed's death Col Abdullah took over Yemen. Then after another economic drop, Ali Abdullah was elected president.
National Pride:
Government:
Yemenis use a Parliamentary Government.
Religion:
The most common religions in Yemen are Jewish and Islam.
Taboos:
Chewing "qat"(a plant with an alcohol effect), dress or behave informal, leaving shoes on in Mosque, taking pictures of women without veils or the military.
Food:
People eat bread, ruti, lahuh, khubz tawwa, kebabs, coffee, bint al-sahn.
Bibliography
Webber, Sandra. Yemen. Philadelphia, PA:Chelsea House, 2003. Print.