Hadwa combined the land and the sea, accompanied the camel caravans in the desert before accompanying the divers on their small dive, to encourage them and spread the spirit of enthusiasm in them; it is the art of “ Hadwa” (shoe), which as Ali Al Abdan, Director of the Artistic Heritage Department at the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, considers one of the original arts in the Gulf countries.
Al Abdan explains that the origin of the "Hadwa" is the shoe, and therefore is a basically wild art, and its origins are still present in the Arabian Peninsula in camel caravans, and was documented during the fifties and sixties, indicating that with the movement of the people to the coast brought this art along. They used their melodies and hymns in their marine work; this is where “Hadwa” stem from.
He added that Hadwa poems are mostly cultural heritage whose author is unknown. It is a tri-rhythmic song and has its different versions in all Gulf countries.
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