When travelling throughout the world or throughout time there are different sports and different ways of spending leisure time going to be found. These sports have different natures and practiced at different ways. The UAE is one of the countries that show different types of sports , which can’t be found in other countries throughout the world , or practiced in ways that differ from they are practiced in different other countries . Time also decides the way that some of today’s sports in the country are practiced. For example the different sports of camel racing , horse racing , falconry and sailing were always there in the UAE , but the way they are practiced today are greatly different than they used to be in the past .
To make a comparison between sports and leisure time in the UAE in the past and present , I interviewed my father , so as to get from him information about how they used to practice sports in the UAE , when they were young , and how was that different than today. He started by saying that the UAE people have always been fond of sports, and sports have always been an important part of the culture of the country. He continued saying that the traditional sports in the UAE have always been very popular, and that is why they have managed to survive over the years. When I asked him about his favorite sports and how the way he practices it differs today than it was in the past , he answered mentioning proudly falconry, and when I asked him why falconry in special, he answered that the true UAE man should has been practiced falconry one day, as it is a dominant part of our culture . According to my father , falconry in the past was different than today , as they used to hunt the falcons that they use , and they used to walk in the desert for days and nights hunting the small animals like the hares and Houbara , which were very popular as food . The hunting caravans used to compose of groups of people, who spent the days hunting, and when it was dark they set their tents and camped for night. In the past people used to train their falcons by preventing them from eating, so they were tamed, and my father told
me that he used to interact with his falcon extensively to create good relations with it, as that relation is the base of good falconry. He added that a hood is used to cover the eyes of the bird while kept at home, and then when they go for falconry they remove that hood. When falconry is compared by the situation today, my father said that the risk in the falconry is one of its important features, and in the past that risk was very high, not like today as all matters are under control. Today the falcons are bought not hunted, and they are tamed. There are also professionals who are responsible for the falcons in the falconry trips, not as before when every falconer was responsible for his falcon. Moreover today there are certain authorities in the country responsible for the rights of the falcons and they set rules for that.
He ended his speech saying that he has always been fond of falconry, and he greatly wishes if falconry could return as before.
To make a comparison between sports and leisure time in the UAE in the past and present , I interviewed my father , so as to get from him information about how they used to practice sports in the UAE , when they were young , and how was that different than today. He started by saying that the UAE people have always been fond of sports, and sports have always been an important part of the culture of the country. He continued saying that the traditional sports in the UAE have always been very popular, and that is why they have managed to survive over the years. When I asked him about his favorite sports and how the way he practices it differs today than it was in the past , he answered mentioning proudly falconry, and when I asked him why falconry in special, he answered that the true UAE man should has been practiced falconry one day, as it is a dominant part of our culture . According to my father , falconry in the past was different than today , as they used to hunt the falcons that they use , and they used to walk in the desert for days and nights hunting the small animals like the hares and Houbara , which were very popular as food . The hunting caravans used to compose of groups of people, who spent the days hunting, and when it was dark they set their tents and camped for night. In the past people used to train their falcons by preventing them from eating, so they were tamed, and my father told
me that he used to interact with his falcon extensively to create good relations with it, as that relation is the base of good falconry. He added that a hood is used to cover the eyes of the bird while kept at home, and then when they go for falconry they remove that hood. When falconry is compared by the situation today, my father said that the risk in the falconry is one of its important features, and in the past that risk was very high, not like today as all matters are under control. Today the falcons are bought not hunted, and they are tamed. There are also professionals who are responsible for the falcons in the falconry trips, not as before when every falconer was responsible for his falcon. Moreover today there are certain authorities in the country responsible for the rights of the falcons and they set rules for that.
He ended his speech saying that he has always been fond of falconry, and he greatly wishes if falconry could return as before.
