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=== Cultivation of the Palm=== | === Cultivation of the Palm=== | ||
In some small, abandoned oases in the Arabic desert, I saw several palm groves with all of their branches that nature had given them, and because of this they had a strange and awkward appearance. The cultivated palm has a thin, sturdy appearance and grows larger each year; the ''''gerit'''' (branches) are cut, and the industrious Arab is able to create so many useful domestic objects out of them that there would be too many to list. | In some small, abandoned oases in the Arabic desert, I saw several palm groves with all of their branches that nature had given them, and because of this they had a strange and awkward appearance. The cultivated palm has a thin, sturdy appearance and grows larger each year; the ''''gerit'''' (branches) are cut, and the industrious Arab is able to create so many useful domestic objects out of them that there would be too many to list. | ||
Around the top of the trunk, the large parts of the cut branches are left to be able to tether heavy bunches to them. These branches, called ''''Gahf'''', are cut the year after. They are either burned or made into ''''magascia'''' (brooms). Under the ''''gahf'''' one finds the ''''eldiffa'''', a cinnamon-colored canvas that is designed beautifully nature, out of which various kinds of ropes are made. This material may have given primitive men the idea to weave and create the first articles of clothing; just a single piece of this fabric is enough to cover oneself, which is something even barbarians did as seen by the people at the first waterfalls. | Around the top of the trunk, the large parts of the cut branches are left to be able to tether heavy bunches to them. These branches, called ''''Gahf'''', are cut the year after. They are either burned or made into ''''magascia'''' (brooms). Under the ''''gahf'''' one finds the ''''eldiffa'''', a cinnamon-colored canvas that is designed beautifully by nature, out of which various kinds of ropes are made. This material may have given primitive men the idea to weave and create the first articles of clothing; just a single piece of this fabric is enough to cover oneself, which is something even barbarians did as seen by the people at the first waterfalls. | ||