VIDEO: Brooklyn Museum showcases Saudi traditions
A space enhanced with geometrical patterns and improvised melodies of Arabic Maqam music, assorted baskets of dates, women in hijabs and men wearing thobes and kafiyyehs pace back and forth. The scent of vanilla and cinnamon fills the air.
It looks like a bazaar in Mecca, but it’s not.
It’s the lobby of the Brooklyn Museum, which last Wednesday and Thursday hosted “Kingdom and Culture: An Evening of the Experiences of Saudi Arabia.”