The season starts in June and lasts 3 months
Waking up in the Emirates.. Memories and trips in search of the gentle breeze
The oases of the green city of Al-Ain are among the most famous ancient sites of the Emirates.
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The month of June of each year witnesses the start of the hot season, or what is called the square of the heat, and it is called by this name because its duration is 40 days, and with the start of this season the temperature rises, and to escape from its severity, the residents of the Emirates used to move to areas characterized by moderate temperature, and they were known “Al-Maqeeth” and “Al-Maqiez” plural, which extends over a period of three months that women and children spend in oases and areas that include farms, while the men spend them at sea fishing for pearls.
The seasons of the year got their names from the environment and the weather in each season.
Spring was called summer, and autumn was yellow because of the yellowing of the leaves of trees, and summer was called hot, because of the intense heat.
The summer season (the hot season) in the Emirates was associated with the wet season, as dates ripened during that period thanks to the heat of the weather.
Collecting dates was an important event in which people of all ages participated.
After collection, it is dried so that it can be kept for as long as possible, by spreading it on special surfaces made of palm fronds and raised above ground level to keep them away from pollution.
destinations
The oases of the green city of Al-Ain are among the most famous oases of the UAE in the past, and the famous areas in it are such as Al-Qattara, Al-Heli, Al-Mutarid, Al-Daoudi and Al-Jimi. There is also Al-Buraimi area near Al-Ain, which is preferred by many families in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, and they travel to it in collective convoys.
It is also famous for the lectures of Liwa, Dalma Island and the nearby islands.
On the eastern coast, there are agricultural plains areas extending from Kalba in the south to Dibba in the north, where palm trees, fruits and vegetables abound.
One of the most important sites is the plains of Kalba, which contains orchards of various types of fruit trees, and includes various types of palm trees and fresh wells. It is intended for families from Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai. As for Dibba, it is one of the favorite sites of the coastal people.
ritual
The waking trips are among the prominent rituals for the people of the Emirates and the region, and they are associated with well-known customs and rituals, including what was mentioned in the oral narratives documented by the Archives and the National Library in various versions, most notably the book “Their Memory is Our History”, including what the narrator Saeed Lootah (from Dubai) mentions about trips “Al-Maqiz,” he says: “The diving season lasted about four months, and it was a major source of livelihood. Women used to attend (and civilization: the wet harvest season) to Al Batinah, Oman, east Ras Al Khaimah and Sha’am, as they used to go during the men’s absence to the oases and agricultural areas to harvest the wet and store it. dates.”
He added, "Women often took care of the preparation for the voyage trip and its arrangements due to the absence of most of the men and their preoccupation with preparing for the diving season, and the women agreed with (the Cree), and in some areas families were forced to travel by sailing ships instead of camel convoys, because of the large number of materials, supplies and gifts that were given to them. They carry it with them on the journey back from the heat.”
While the narrator, Rafia Al-Khumairi (from Abu Dhabi), says about the Muqeiz of the people of Abu Dhabi: “In the winter we used to stay in the city;
But when the summer came, I used to go with my family to the tops of the mountains of Ras al-Khaimah in search of the coolness and the gentle breeze, and we used to go there across the sea;
My family used to own a large boat (Galbut).
After the death of one of my grandfathers, we spent the summer in Al Ain, as my father had a house there near the Sheikha Salama Bint Butti Mosque (currently the market area).
While the narrator, the poet Salem Al-Muhairi (from Al-Ain), remembers “the awakening” saying: “We used to spend the period of the asfari (autumn), and our people used to go out to the wilderness to spend the period of (the awakening) the first thing that (heralds) the palm, and it is the first product of it, and they call it (the annunciation). So people start to go to (the watering holes) near the palm trees, and they strive to live near the water of the aflaj, and they eat the fruits of the date palms.
On his part, the narrator Saeed Al-Mansoori (from Madinat Zayed in Al Dhafra) says: “We used to wake up in Al Hamra, which belongs to Abu Dhabi, and they used to go on camel backs to wake up in Liwa, and in (the fridge) they go towards the seal, and to Taff in the north, and they ate dates, and when it came The cold man goes, and carries firewood from the tuff, a load of two or three camels, and (droves) (enters) Abu Dhabi, and sells it and buys with its price supplies that suffice him for a period of three or four months.”
"Civilization Time"
Sheikha Sobha Muhammad Jaber Al Khaili, in her book “Where Al-Taroush”, touched on the voyage trips, referring to the habit of the people of Abu Dhabi to spend the summer months in Al Ain, and that period was known as “the time of civilization”;
Families used to use a Bedouin man “Makri” to bring camels (passengers) and load them with food that would suffice them for the duration of their stay here. Of each kind, such as rum, hamba (mango), banana, lemon, and others.
After the end of the summer, the "Al-Makri" would return with them to Abu Dhabi, loaded with the goodness of the eye of pickled loumi (lemon), vinegar, ghee, and others.
Waking voyages are among the prominent rituals of the people of the Emirates and the region, and are associated with well-known customs.
• On the eastern coast, the agricultural plains spread from Kalba in the south to Dibba in the north.
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