The pearl divers are back in business at SeaWorld Orlando, where theme-park visitors are picking out underwater souvenirs again. In some ways, it’s so very Orlando to turn shopping into a little ...

“I’m an old pearl diver. This last week, Friday, I was in the sea diving. From when I am 15 years old up to now, I am a pearl diver and bodybuilder.” The store owner motions to a framed ...

Jassim, now 87, was among the last of the country’s professional pearl divers. “Our journey would take three to four months,” he said. “We [would] eat, drink, sleep only on the boat.” ...

Of the ancient tradition of pearl diving dating back to the great port city of Korkai, the capital of early Pandya kings some 2,200 years ago, hardly 10 brave men survive. “There are only seven ...