Citizens and residents in the state celebrated the effectiveness of the half of Sha`ban, "The Right of Tonight", "From a distance" after a request by the official spokesman for the health sector in the country, Dr. Farida Al Hosani, to "reconsider the celebration on the occasion of the right of tonight this year, and stay away from any celebrations or gatherings It may be dangerous to our health and the safety of our families, and to ask some official authorities in the state to cancel the celebration of effectiveness in order to preserve public health and safety, including the spread of the Corona virus. ”
The «Emirates Today» monitored the circulation of citizens and residents via social media clips, pictures and photos of various sweets, gifts and text and voice messages that include congratulations on the right of the night, and calls for waiting until next year to celebrate the event after the end of the «Corona» crisis.
The Ras Al Khaimah Police announced the formation of field awareness teams from community police patrols in cooperation with the competent authorities to sensitize all shops and community members at the emirate level of the dangers of gatherings in the celebration of "Haq Al Layla".
The Department of Economic Development in Ras Al-Khaimah also called on the public not to crowd the markets and cancel or postpone the "Right to Night" event in order to preserve public health.
Citizens and residents told Emirates Today that they decided to celebrate the effectiveness of the right of the night "remotely" in compliance with the state’s instructions not to gather and crowd and to preserve the public health of the community members, adding that they had sent gifts, sweets and "right of the night" gifts to their relatives and friends through companies Connect and celebrate with them “remotely” through smart apps and video calling.
They added that they sent video clips of pictures and text and audio messages to the list of names on their mobile phones to congratulate them on the "Right of the Night" event, in order to celebrate the event as it is a Gulf custom that leads to familiarity, affection and love among members of society, especially children.
They pointed out that they are committed to the state’s precautionary measures, and that their celebration of the effectiveness of the right of the night “remotely” comes to introduce happiness and fun to members of society, through the use of social media to exchange congratulations and pictures of last year's activities in residential folklore, commercial centers and in cultural associations, adding that “Corona "It is not possible to postpone the customs and popular traditions, stressing that the celebration" from a distance "contributed to the participation of all groups of society in that event.
The Emirati families celebrate annually the "Right of Tonight", which is the celebration of the half of Shaaban, where families buy sweets and nuts and prepare to receive children who come in small gatherings carrying boutique bags and floating around the houses, chanting a special song: "Give us the right of the night ... Give us God gives you ... Mecca House takes you away. ''
Some celebrate this night in preparation for the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan, while others take it as a tradition passed on for generations over the years, the aim of which is to instill joy in the hearts of children, and to coalesce the family and the people of the "freej" one, where each house distributes sweets and nuts to the children of neighbors.