Authentic Omani halva and the livestock and poultry Friday Market in Nizwa, Oman

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A very delicious Omani halva, visiting the most famous Nizwa Fort in Oman and the livestock market all of which were among the plans of our third day in the beautiful Oman.

We decided to go to Nizwa city, one of the oldest cities in Oman, which is located 140 km from Muscat, with our good friends Soleiman, Sepideh, and Mrs. It was about an hour and a half drive there.
After got to the city, we went directly to the magnificent and spectacular Niwza fort, which is considered the largest and oldest castle in Oman and is about 370 years old. As we arrived, there were men dancing in Arabic (Omani) a dance called Rozfa, which is a folkloric dance of Nizwa, I also joined them. It was my first time dancing Arabic, I really liked the dance that was performed with guns and swords.
The Nizwa Fort consists of two main parts, the castle and the fort, which were build under the order of Imam Sultan Bin Saif Al Y`aribi, one of the most powerful sultans of Oman.
the palace was actually used for Imam's rest and vacations. This fort has many different parts, like the main living room, which, now is used to sell Omani handicrafts in.

The next day, we went to the Nizwa Livestock Market, which was where all kinds of livestock such as goats and sheep are bought and sold. An interesting thing I saw was that who ever wanted to sell his livestock would walk around the area where the buyers were to price it, and would not be satisfied even with any price and would walk around again until he reached the price he wanted.

After here, we went to a large store that had all kinds of Omani products and foods, including all kinds of dates from fresh dates, dried dates, a type of dates that had sesame and much more which all were very delicious. They told us that fresh dates are mostly eaten in summer and dry dates are mostly eaten in winters with tahini sauce.
Usually, after eating dates, coffee is served and as a tradition they serve the coffee with the right hand to the guests, and the guest takes the coffee with the right hand too.

In Nizwa, we went to a very famous and delicious Omani halva production workshop. This halva is made with corn flour, brown sugar, white sugar, ghee, Iranian saffron, eggs, walnuts, almonds, Indian almonds, and cardamom along with Omani rose water.
This rose water cannot be drunk on its own. It's red and has a smoky smell and it is from the Jabal Akhdar region. They mix it non-stop for nearly four hours until it is ready and I must say it is extremely delicious.

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