This evening the female elementary staff were invited to a
dinner party at the house (palace) of one of the school administrators. Wow is
all I can say, the house is huge, 3 stories I think, with so many sitting/rec
rooms I lost count. They are all beautifully decorated with antique collectables
and expensive things. We lost track of how many maids there were. We were all
ushered into the first sitting room as we arrived but when that room was full
we moved downstairs to a large room with built in seats/couches all along the
walls. The guests were the Arabic staff and English ladies on staff. At school
the Omani ladies are all covered with scarves and a black abaya. We can only see their faces. Imagine the
surprises we had to see the ladies dressed to the nines, in very flashy
and fashionable clothing with their hair down, some were hard to recognize.
Then they put on the music and the dancing started. Lots of hip movements and then
out came the scarves, which they tie around their derriere to accentuate the
hip movements when they dance. And can they ever dance. Then that meal was
served, what a spread, the best I have had in a long time. On the way out we were taking pictures of
ourselves standing on their ‘Titanic’ stair case.
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| Good friends |
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| Beautiful house |
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| Titanic Staircase |
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| Outside entrance |
