Oman: Watering the Hanging Gardens of Jebel Akhdar | SLICE EARTH | FULL DOC
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In the north-west of the Sultanate of Oman, in the heart of the Akhdar Mountains, the Al-Ayn oasis is perched on the limestone cliffs like a small, green miracle. In this arid country, such greenery is sure to surprise anyone visiting the region. And what’s more, it has been clinging to the cliffs for nearly 4,000 years.
The town is located 3,000 metres up the mountain and enjoys mild temperatures of around 28°C, while the valley endures 40°C in the shade. Its terraces, dug into the rock, shelter large Damask rose bushes, the oasis’ emblematic crop.
The village is crisscrossed by a network of canals punctuated by deep basins. These canals are called falaj - aflaj in the plural - some of which are around 4,500 years old and are registered as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Their invention forms the basis for the agriculture of these arid plateaus. Tunnels dug into the mountain rock collect seepage water, which is diverted to tanks which then supply the aflaj. Each village is responsible for its tunnels, without government intervention, and only the wakils, water managers whose role is passed down from father to son, are responsible for ensuring they remain operational. All of this is recorded in a register to prevent conflict.
But due to climate change, water is getting rarer. Little by little, the farmers are once again banding together to counteract the dwindling of blue gold. Men like Abdullah Al-Ghafri, an engineer and professor at the University of Nizwa, are renovating wells and installing solar pumps, which more effectively preserve water sources.
Documentary: Oases: Sentinels of the Desert - Oman: The Hanging Gardens of Jebel Akhdar (2021)
Direction: Sarah Laîné
Production: ZED
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I worked as a teacher in Oman for 18 years and love the country and it's very hospitable people. Love Nakhl Barka Rustaq Nizwa and Salalah in the south of Oman. God bless the Sultan and the country of Oman
Aameen
Brother do you recommend to do Hijra to Oman?
What a wonderful and precious way to live and chemical free too. I hope nothing changes in the future and the perfect balanced lifestyle is maintained. The world has a lot to learn from the Omanis agriculture.
Love the terracing. Making sure there is less bareground where they are growing crops is important, too. They need more plants outside the buildings to further modify the weather effects.
This is a Wonderful example of how to correctly live with nature and protect precious resources like water and human kindness. ❤❤
Stunning country and lovely people...I do hope that the simple and beautiful lifestyle won't be lost in the future...
I love Oman, wealthy yet keep traditional lifestyle.
The soul longs to a simpler life that is connected to the earth and its Creator. May God bless that land and its people.
Love the rose garden! Beautiful people and country
Thriving in harsh conditions ☀️☀️
This is beautiful example how to harvest water in a good way Oman is one of beautiful country and good people ❤❤❤ very genius idea...🎉
Big up for human ingenuity!!
These terraces should be protected and remain forever as omani heritage
I hope and pray to keep this oasis for more years to come...❤❤❤
❤ for Oman. I worked as Specialist Surgeon in Oman for 7 years. Very good people ,down to earth. May Allah SWT bless upon the LATE SULTAN QABOOS bin SAEED. AAMEEN❤
Salamunaleykum akhi, how did you get there and would you recommend to do Hijra to Oman?
So happy this appeared on my youtube today very interesting
I hope and pray that these oases remain like that without being disturbed by outsiders.
Small trees and mountain ,but the water is so plenty ,its amazing Gods creation ,,,watching from 🇵🇭
Beautiful documentary
God is great who can imagine so much water in this stones mountains all praise to the creator of this beautiful world 🤲🤲
Did a road trip in Oman last Fall. Amazing place!
Been to Oman once and wanting to visit again soon. Such an amazing country with very nice people.
MashaAllah, I love these villages. Beautiful, natural and peaceful. I wanna live here 😊
That's the perfect place to have a remote working setup. Enjoy a slower way of life while participating in a modern economy. I like the revival of the old homes with guest houses. It gives the locals an economic incentive to keep the place alive.
MashaAllah beautiful country ❤
Welcome to all of your second country, we are pleased to visit this beautiful country
All nationalities, all religions, everyone is welcome 🤍🤍🙂
I love vlogs like this..more to come pls .. tnx
Breathtaking
These roses also grow in Bulgaria, but in a valley, not on mountian slopes. It's the best rose oil in the world!
great documentary about Oman
So beautiful ,i like this place ❤️💚
Oman is in middle east but the landscape of oman is gifted as no other middle Eastern country can ever build artificially.
Yemen has more of all what u talk about
@yasserfuad8775 Yes brother. I have heard a lot about it. Wish to visit Yemen if I get a chance.
@@SabarishRenganathan-ct3jd hopefully when it becomes safe you would enjoy it
But you still can visit the state in Oman border it has some of the most amazing places as well including hawf with the protect forest
@yasserfuad8775 will do brother
Wonderful documentary.
Thank you !
I wish I had a damask rose garden.
It's smell ,revive your soul .
Very beautiful and informative documentary ❤
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Absolute Magnificence
I ❤ OMAN I was fortunate to travel extensively
OUTSTANDING DOC ...
Subhana Allah
They need to dig swales all over the mountains above the aquifers and figure out a way to start planting other swales in order to recharge the aquifers...swales everywhere!!!!
they cant do that becasue the land is either rocks or sand....those ricks and sand cant retain waters. Most of Omani land are like that only thin layers of soils so they had to built the soils themselves.
Masham Allah very beautiful peace full life and semple ❤
*MashAllah* ❤️❤️❤️
Very useful and informative video. Really like videos like this. ♥️❤️👍
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This is how human should live, not by total greed but wisdom and stick close to nature. It is proven scientifically.
❤️🇧🇩🇴🇲❤️
Very interesting 🤔
Rất đẹp 😍
2c which is 35 degrees F at its lowest in the winter? wow it’s like California they say it’s cold but it’s very mild lol.
Urbanization has increased the need for water. Maybe someday their children will want to travel and live in safe Tower cities connected to maglev Trains. So then many different people will need to stay there for 1-3 months to take care of these beautiful oases, like after their children all desert these places. They’ll have computer instructions on what to do. We don’t want to have everyone stop caring for them. And they can’t leave until they have someone to replace them. It will be the same for many places. Of course, anyone can stay as long as they want, including these families, but in the future they might like to see the world in Trains, and it will be a cooperative worldwide system.
❤mashallah
Do the little girls get to swim too? I only saw little boys.
Is that a or are you serious? 🙂
Good point. Two tiered society.
@@Quagmire-gv1mk
It's a fair question, even if you know "the answer."
I was going to ask the same thing.
women and men have their own designated areas where they can take baths
Tanda tanda kiamat sudah semakin dekat
Takkan terjadi kiamat sebelum tanah arab yg gersang berubah menjadi hijau
One of the things never discussed is how they protect those Oasis by keeping labor costs low. Look at how rough that terrain is, and how close the Date Palm trees are. There's zero way to get machinery in there to "increase" the crop size like we see in Western nations, however, while that means that manual labor is the only real way to tend the grounds.... you have to be very careful with things that will have a negative impact on the cost of labor. Drive up the costs by increasing regulations, taxes, laws, and policies that sound good... and you destroy the ability of the Oasis to function because the product cannot be sold for enough to pay for the labor. This is exactly what happened in the Western Nations. In the US, the area along the Great Lakes was once a powerhouse of manufacturing, with goods shipped all over the world. Today, it's known as "The Rust Belt" because all of those factories have been closed down. It wasn't just one thing, obviously, but when you have a whole bunch of different things converging.... your system will be killed. Everyone talks about the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, but never about the million straws that came before it and how they made it impossible for the camel to be healthy and productive.
Western Nations could do as we see in this documentary because we know they used to do it as seen here. The problem is that they've made it impossible through all the many layers of regulations, laws, social norms, etc.
ilove oman
Devil fruits in indonesia called kecubung
Traditional permaculture
Where are the women? The men look happy. I would like a woman tell her story about living there.
If you're concerned about their freedom & place in society ,women in islam & in oman are very well respected and have the freedom they want. People are very conservative its not that the women are oppressed its just the culture & tradition that women often dont like to be on camera or gain alot of attention ,i dont know how to say this best but i think you get the point ,oman is one of the richest countries in the world & i ve been to oman many times i had male & female friends there you can see women in every corner of the big cities & towns ,this place looks like a village so its very understandable that the people are extra conservative not oppressive if thats what you're worried about ,oman is one of the safest places for women even more than places like Sweden, Norway,USA etc. ❤❤ i just wanted to say all that i know thats probably not what you were asking!!!😅
you mean before Christ, was that time where that water was deposit there?????
The desert would be good for growing exotic fruits too and I think the middle east should plant the ash tree because they got alot of curly hair,date and palm trees are sort of like Chinese people trees.
Dates are literally at the center of Islamic culture from northern Oman to the mountains of Afghanistan you will find date palms
@@agh7185 yes dates are delicious.
The guesthouses should just be mindful when using plastic. I See guest dinks are severed in single use plastic containers and straws.
Get the goats off the slopes. Dig swales. Create shade with new trees on the slopes.
Unesco for the rescue?!?!?!?
Urbanisation endangers water resources. It brings with it modern life, washing machines and dishwashers.
A life of privilege
Too many ads! Not watchable
Instead of going into war with other countries why wouldn't the omani govt look unto this kind of situation and act to expand this kind of vegetation so there is no famine.
Those gardens aren’t hanging per se…
They are hanging, the definition being a garden built on terraced sloping ground. Can also be a balcony or a roof top.
Grow qat and sell it to Yemen
It's all going to despair very soon.... FACT
water is needed sanitation...
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This is not desert lol.
Desert is not about sand, but the amount of rainfall. Antarctica is a desert, but contains most of the world's freshwater. This is because it snows rather than rains and is a dry environment.
@@CamMcCulls-kx6zk okay thanks for the correction.
Not too syrupy? Nobody can survive in the modern world doing this medieval agriculture. Nor can I see massive western tourism to support it - I would be afraid to go there. I guess it has to be financed by the government from oil revenues - but that needs a different movie to promote
Why not? Because you couldn't have internet and the latest cellphone? That was the point of the tourism concept, to live the simple life of these people. It may be subsistence living, but they seem happy. Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses...
Leave the women alone