Join the Tabseel date harvest
June to September: pick before sunrise, boil in copper, dry on the sand.
When the camps close for summer the oases come alive. Families climb the Mabsali palms before dawn, boil the yellow dates for fifteen to twenty minutes in copper marjal pots at the tarakbah cooking sites, and spread them on mats to dry for three to five days. The province opens the season with a ceremony in Bidiyah, and visiting farms welcome anyone willing to help carry baskets.
