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source_url: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/al-ayyala-a-traditional-performing-art-of-the-sultanate-of-oman-and-the-united-arab-emirates-01012 <!-- generated by build_corpus.py from data_sources/ich_elements.json --> # Al-Ayyala **Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates** Al-Ayyala is a popular, expressive performing art practised throughout the United Arab Emirates and in north-western Oman. It combines chanted poetry, drum music and dance to simulate a battle scene. Two rows of about twenty men face each other holding thin bamboo sticks that signify spears or swords. Musicians positioned between the rows play large and small drums, tambourines and brass cymbals. The men move their heads and sticks synchronously with the drum rhythm while chanting poetic lyrics, and other performers move around the rows carrying swords or guns, which they occasionally hurl to the sky and catch. In the United Arab Emirates, girls wearing traditional dresses stand at the front, tossing their long hair from side to side. The melody has seven tones in an irregular repeated pattern, and the chanted poetry varies according to the occasion. Al-Ayyala is performed at weddings and other festive occasions. The lead performer's role is usually inherited, and he trains the other performers. The art is inclusive of all ages, genders and social classes. ## Key facts - UNESCO inscription: 2014 (Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) - Shared inscription with: Oman, United Arab Emirates - Also known / searched as: ayyala, ayala, al-ayala, al ayyala, ayyalah, stick dance, bamboo stick dance, emirati battle dance Source: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/al-ayyala-a-traditional-performing-art-of-the-sultanate-of-oman-and-the-united-arab-emirates-01012