Hawra is mortgaged
The lens of “Al -Watan” was launched towards the passion again, and it was landed in the Sakhir area, south of Bahrain, to meet Salman Al -Balushi, one of the largest falcons and practitioners of hawk races in Bahrain and the region, where the prices of birds have between 500 dinars and 300 thousand dinars.
The beginnings 23 years ago Al -Balushi began practicing this hobby at the age of seven years, and his heart was filled with passion and love, so he chose the path of his entire life adjacent to the hawk wing, in practicing the hobby of “sniping” and hawk raising, until the hobby developed and became a trade, and participated in the Gulf and international competitions. I cannot live without him, and he cannot with me. And His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Acts and Youth Affairs, the main supporters of the popular heritage sports, where most interested in this hobby from Bahrain began in valuable prizes. Then we developed in the hobby, and we became Bahrain in the foreign championships. And his training, where he emphasized that “falconry” means preparing the bird and preparing it for sniping and hunting in the land, which is the basis of the hobby of hawk raising, but the training for the race is another world that falls within the sports of the popular heritage, where the bird becomes sporty in need of an intense training and diet program, just like the athlete. He covers his eyes, until the bird calms down, and gets used to accompanying the human being. There is also another way to teach him to fly for distances quickly, which is “tawaa”, i.e. referring to the bird by tempting it with meat, until the distance flies, and it reaches the meat to eat it, and the bird must learn to fly with integrity and decline, as the tendency and the rise up reduces its speed, and makes it less fortunate to win in the race. It relates to the prey in hunting and sniping, Al -Balushi explained that the best prey that the falcon hunts in the land is the Houbara, the rabbit and the caravan, and the most valuable of the Houbara, which is a wilderel migrant bird closer to the chicken. Hygienic, he can travel with him and move between the countries of the world. The mood, and staying in a place with a moderate temperature that is appropriate for its needs. The types of hawks are that most of the countries of the world contain the trade and races of hawks, and that Bahrain imports some of these distinctive hawks from abroad, from European countries and America for example. Climate and travel, in addition to a greater speed in races. The bird is called the mushroom with the monster, while the product on the farms is “Tarouh”, but most of the hobby practitioners prefer the monster that has a special place in their hearts, which is the bird that the person did not interfere in its production, but it is present in nature. Al -Balushi concludes his speech with ambitions that disturb his chest, which is the establishment of a school to teach and train hawks For races, to preserve the popular heritage, explaining that the inheritance of this hobby, which has many benefits for young people and youth, including teaching courage and mercy.
