Falconry
Falcons play an important role in the history of the Arab
peoples and civilization authentic and ancient heritage. In the Arab Gulf
states, since the man knew this unique birds and their types. It became a
symbol of strength and greatness, patience and courage and the severity of the
Gulf peoples of this impressive bird, it has been circulated, spread, met and
became a popular slogan for many Arab countries and became it inherited an
authentic heritage.
I interviewed my grand Father Mohamed
Salem Al Marrar. According to what he said, before the United Arab Emirates was
established and the discovery of the oil and civilization, falconry was the
best type of hunting by the Bedouins to survive in the desert. They hunted
rabbits, Reem Ghazal, hobaras, karwan and other types of birds. In the old days
hunting expeditions took place in the area that they lived in, way of
transportation was by foot, camels and only the wealthy tribe leaders had
horses, it took days to reach the destination.
Nowadays, HH Sheikh Zayed
God blesses his soul supporting this tradition and tried to enhance it for a
reason that is not to stop this tradition. Falconry is considered a sport where
competition is conducted, where people socialize and compete against each other
for first place, prices reached around 90,000 to 250,000 Dirhams and cars were
also given as a prize to the first places. On the other hand, this sport
developed to a grate extend where cars are used to follow the falcons and
people conduct expeditions in Saudi, Pakistan, Sudan and Syria etc…, tracking
radars are used also where a radar is sticked to the back of the falcon that
locates the falcon if it fly’s away.
In conclusion falconry evolved from a way of surviving and
living into a hobby participating in falconry events.
