SQCC Virtually visits Seaton Elementary School for the fourth and fifth sessions of the Embassy Adoption Program

The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center continued with its collaboration with a fifth grade class from Seaton Elementary School virtually as part of the Embassy Adoption Program (EAP) on 9 March. Students learned about Omani frankincense, how it is harvested, burned and used in everyday Omani life and the other uses of frankincense. Students eagerly asked questions about majmars, and how frankincense grows in trees, and how trees are preserved. The students also watched an SQCC video about painting Omani majmars, or frankincense burners. The video highlighted the creative designs used in the Sultanate, which make them unique.

On 22 March students learned about climate change and its effect on Oman. Later this year, these students will use what they have learned to represent Oman at EAP’s Mini-UN event at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.