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With its peppermint-green latticework balconies and fine Victorian-type decorations the Old Dispensary is a landmark building
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Whilst the veil is the norm on an island with 99% muslims, women increasingly wear colourful and fashionably embroidered scarves and gowns
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Zanzibar population is a mix of various ethnic backgrounds, Shirazia (Persia), Arabs (Oman), Comorians , Bantu from the mainland and Europeans (British and Portuguese)
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The Dhow (Swahili generic word for sailing boat) has a long thin hull and one or two masts
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Arabic (Omani) door with a typical carved frieze including arabic inscript and pineapple motifs
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Countless cats, descended from those kept on cargo ships to control rats, roam the narrow streets of the old quarter
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Zanzibari are a hotchpotch of Persians, Arabs, Indians, Comorians, Bantus and Europeans
