Sultan Qaboos (ruling 1970-2020) was an avid lover of classical music (especially Mozart) and went to great lengths to establish music programs in Omani schools and universities. He established the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra in 1985, and opened the Royal Opera House in 2011. However, His Majesty was also keen on preserving traditional Omani music, and established the Oman Center for Traditional Music in 1985.  Other traditional Omani performing arts include:

• Al-Razha: Traditional war dance, usually involves firing of rifles, now performed on special occasions.
• Galfat Shobani: A kind of sea music, performed when maintaining a boat. Other sea music work songs include Shillat Al-Hamool (song of the porters) and Naza Al-Sharaa (raising the sails).
• Liwa: Music and dance originating in Africa, performed in Oman and the UAE often on Eid. It uses a flute and 3 kinds of drums, with 10 singers and dancers, and usually is sung in Swahili.
• Raqs Al-Nisa: A traditional women's dance
• Fann At-Tanbura:  A dance for healing, also with African origins, performed throughout the eastern Gulf region. 
• Taymina: Traditional song of the Dakhliyah region which is sung when a child learns the Quran by heart. The children of the local school gather in a procession behind the teacher of the Quran, who reads a passage of a religious nature. At the end of each verse, the children reply with "Amin'' in unison.

Declare This: 

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty heaven! Praise Him for His mighty works; Praise His unequaled greatness! Praise Him with a blast of the ram’s horn; Praise Him with the lyre and harp! Praise Him with the tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with strings and flutes! Praise Him with a clash of cymbals; Praise Him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Psalm 150, NLT)

• We declare that every living creature in Oman will praise the Lord!
• We declare that there will be new songs of praise and dances of worship rising up from the Omanis.
• We declare that God will be praised in Oman!

Worship with us!: Let Everything That Has Breath by Matt Redman. Jesus, we worship You with all that we are!  

Matthew 18:14 Focus—‘Your Father in heaven does not want one of these little ones to be lost.’ 

Please bring these towns and villages before the Father:

Insham, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 192

Dar Qanf, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 180

Ghadyah, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 167

Jabal Har, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 162

Wadi Ayn al-Gharbi, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 150

Dahaq Awtayn, Mirbat district, Dhofar region. Population: 137