Qatari falconry archive: Mammoth project to maintain cultural legacy

Doha, Qatar:It is well known to all people that preserving the cultural and historic identity of nations requires accurate vision and benchmarks in do...

Doha, Qatar: It is well known to all people that preserving the cultural and historic identity of nations requires accurate vision and benchmarks in documentation, as long as this identity is highly significant in safeguarding heritage, particularly the Intangible cultural heritage, which comprises practices, mores, knowledge, and skills bequeathed by generations.

A wide diversity of groups constantly innovates in this heritage in alignment with their environments and interaction with nature, thereby enhancing the feelings of identity and continuation.

Accordingly, Qatari Society of Al Gannas (AGQS) are making unwavering efforts in advancing its falconry archive project, which was commenced many years ago, which has clearly enabled AGQS to collect several sources and references of falconry heritage, along with oral narratives and documentary videos that document hunting and falconry expeditions.

Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), academic researcher and member of the Union of Arab Historians, Dr. Omar Al Ajli, stated that these outputs helped maintain the inveterate cultural legacy, in terms of mores, arts and language to ensure they are tightly kept in memories, highlighting that archiving contributes to storing information and strengthening collective memory.

Archiving process ensures the protection of this legacy with its overall historical facts against manipulation and forgery through accurate documentation for the benefit of generations to come, since archiving offers primary sources and documents that can be cited in academic research and history, thereby nurturing the humanitarian knowledge, highlighted Dr. Al Ajli.