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The food culture is pre-dominantly Yemen and availability of the variety makes it. They include marg( meat soup), Mogdaf ( a variety of dish made by liver & lungs), Roti with honey and ghee etc. Now rice has also become a part of their food habit. When asked about the Hyderabadi biriyani, Sultan’s friend Bilal Bafana joins in, “This hyderabadi biriyani became popular through a Yemeni bawarchi (cook) named Amar Hannain, (who is actually from this Barkas). He cooked for Pandit Nehru, Nizam and even Raj Kapoor. He is even getting pension from them. His pather ka gosh, a dish prepared by of roasting meat on slab of stone is also famous.”

The wedding function is also similar to that of Yemeni’s and is held in nikahkhana, or in mosques. In the night, they sit in a group and sing. Earlier days it was baiths (verses in Arabic) now it is Qawalis in Urdu. Walima, another custom in the wedding function is held on the second day after the marriage.

It is interesting to know the different kind of systems, working in Barkas. There are different committees for different social activities like committee for marriage function, funeral Service, Medical Service etc.; all of them are named in Arabic language like Majilisul Sabil ul Khair (Masjid committee). There is a committee for emergency medical care and they provide ambulances also, the committee is called Al Shabab. Barkas people are proud about their emergency ambulance service, which has been functioning for the last twenty five years, which is much before the State EMRI Ambulance service.

Whenever some delegates come from Yemen, they use to visit this small Yemen, Barkas. Even people of Barkas often visit Yemen. For smoothening issues related to travel like Visa, Air tickets and other documents, there works an office called Jamaatul-ul-Yamenia.

This community is popularly known as Hadhramis in Hyderabad. The term is actually a name of a place in Yemen. There is no evidence of any scientific or historic account of this community’s love for migration. The meaning of the Arabic word Hadharmout is Death has come. It may be indicative of one’s destiny. But whatever it is, Wherever a Yemeni lives. He/she lives a Yemeni, by sticking to their Socio-cultural lineage. And these Barkas people signify that.