The foreigners may bring in turn a souvenir from his own country when returning from a holiday. Every Yemeni is proud of his country and loves it dearly. He will be delighted to hear that you like it, too . Let's eat A plastic cloth or some newspapers are spread on the floor of the dining area and the dishes of food are shared between the diners . In the house of a modern, wealthier family you may be seated at a table and eat from individual plates, but the feeling of closeness is stronger in the original way.
Bread is always baked fresh in the tannur oven and served hot.
The bread is used as a kinds of boileds or roasted meats like mutton, beef and chicken .Fried fish, rice, vegetables and salads are ften served before the meat to quell the first hunger pangs. A typical Yemeni dish is hulbah and its variant seltah, a steaming sauce made of ground fenugreek, leek and spices, served in the same stone dish in which it is prepared. After the birth of a child, the mother has a period of rest for 40 days, when all household chores are done by the other women of house. The mother receives female visitors every afternoon and sits on an elvated bed clad in specially beautiful clothes . Boys are usually circumcised on the 7th day, a happy occasion for the father who slaughters a sheep and invites his friends .