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Akshaya Tritiya 2023: While you are shopping for gold, check out jewellery in natural pearls too. Why are they appealing? No two natural pearls in the world are identical
The Gulf nation is the sole country worldwide to have banned the cultivation of artificial pearls, which have flooded the market since the 1920s
Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural -- the result of attempts to preserve a centuries-old industry.While rare elsewhere, natural pearls prised from seabed oysters by divers are the only variety produced in the Gulf kingdom, which is fiercely proud of its pearling tradition.Bahrain, a tiny island state neighbouring Qatar, is the sole country worldwide to have banned the cultivation of artificial pearls, which have flooded the market since the 1920s.
Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural -- the result of attempts to preserve a centuries-old
Work is moving at a steady pace on a BD283 million ($747 million) housing project in Bahrain with 85% of the residential units already completed. It will feature schools, health centre and a 12-km cycling track as well as vast areas of open green space.