A brief ceremony is held in front of the wooden ship with the presence of about 1,500 people in celebration of the light of the torch in Muscat, Oman, April 14, 2008. Omani music band ROP played music and Omani youth performed Alliwa' dance, a kind of folk dance. Muscat is the ninth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo: Xinhua)