All governorates and urban centers located throughout the Asir Region possess a huge heritage that belongs to the individual and the community. The diverse heritage encompasses traditions, customs, folklore and popular rituals. These heritage sites still exist to tell its visitors the stories of the past. The spectacular nature, terrain, environment and events of these sites have not been the only elements to attract tourists to Asir Region. In fact, inhabitants of the region played an important role in achieving an active partnership in promoting and developing the tourism industry decades ago. Over the green fields and amidst its rainy clouds, visitors are warmly welcomed and all hospitality means are provided to satisfy them, including arious attractive touristic elements such as folklore and traditional culture encompassing all arts, traditions, customs and celebration rituals of the people in Asir Region. In addition, a wide range of local popular dishes are easily prepared by productive families in front of visitors at various sites. Folklore differ from one place to another in Asir Region. Many folk dances such as Alardha, Alkhtwa, Aldamah, Alkazwey and others have similarities in their component among tribes of Asir Region, however each one has its characteristic music and way of performance. Folklore in Asir Region is considered as an original folk art and it has various names according to how they are performed. A visitor to the northern part of Asir Region will notice that "Alardha" and "Alaeb" are the two preference folk dances especially among Rijal Al-Hejer tribes. However, other tribes in Asir Region such as "Saraah and Tihamah" are known for their folk dance of "Alkhatwa" and "Aldamah" which they perform in local and international occasions. Alardha is a popular warriors dance known in ancient times. The dance is combined of chanting poetry and body movements of the dancers. The quick dancing is performed using rifles and heritage guns accompanied by drum beating and musical instruments such as "Alzalfa", "Alzeer" and "Almezmar". New rhythms have been recently added to this type of dance. Qahtan and Wadaah tribes of the Southern and Eastern part of the region are famous for performing the "Alzamel" and "Alkazwey" folk dances. --More 12:42 LOCAL TIME 09:42 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w1149980