On the Doha seashore, rows of wooden dhow boats line a pier, with scores of fish on display - part of the Senyar festival seeking to revive Qatar's long seafaring tradition. Aboard the boats, men in customary sea gear reprise the age-old tradition of line-fishing in the energy-rich Gulf emirate for the festival's 11th edition. "This is basically by generation. We got that from our father. And then, my grandfather and that and so on," says one Emirati competitor who is a member of a Qatari team.
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00:00One of the most important things that I think is the most important part of the country.
00:08There is a lot of things here.
00:13The hotel is in the hotel.
00:15Oh, it's a hotel.
00:17Oh, it's a hotel.
00:19I'll put a hotel room with my hotel room and I'll walk you by.
00:22I'll walk you to the hotel room.
00:24I'll walk you to the hotel room.
00:25This is basically by generation we got that from our father and then my
00:41grandfather and so on. My grandfather actually used to dive for Pearl.
00:55Our friends and groups and all of us we came. They were our support. Well as soon as we
01:16finished we arrived in here. They we saw our friends. It was a bit long about we can
01:23say four days at the sea. So when they came and we actually won the 8th day it's
01:28good. The feeling was really amazing and really good.