Drumming, dining on Arabian food, riding camels, dancing and belly dancers....all in one evening under a beautiful full moon. Fun, fun, fun in the Al Awir desert outside the city limits of Dubai. Who ever knew that anyone could have this much fun in the sand!
Hundreds of people from all over the world gathered on Friday night for a monthly full moon event in Dubai. The desert was throwing a party and we went. We had to drive outside the city to an unknown location in the desert, (yes, we had to use our GPS or would have never found it), got picked up at the central meeting location by an awaiting SUV, equipped with roll bars and headed off into the desert. The SUV went screaming off at a high rate of speed across the sand, making twists and turns, up and down sandy hills. Wow - almost like a roller coaster but in sand! Hold on everyone...what a wild ride.
Once at the main location, we climbed down into a sandy shaped bowl equipped with more fun than even imaginable.
Drums, drums and more drums - Africans taught us to drum and let loose. We made music into the evening, laughed, danced and forgot the world outside. We drummed until we could not drum anymore, our hands, arms and shoulders were hurting. What a blast ! Jeff and I will certainly pay for this in the morning.
When you needed a break from drumming, you could eat Arabian food, ride a camel, climb the sandy hills and look up at the stairs or just soak it all in, sitting back and relaxing on the majlis.
A couple times during the night, a DJ on site played American dance music and the crowd went crazy. Before we knew it, a wild, crazy desert dance party commenced in Dubai ! No one cared, inhibitions were down, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, young and old. I saw dance moves like I have never seen before and I am certain that a few of Jeff's will show up on You Tube in the future.
Was it the full moon that was making us all so carefree and crazy ?The Africans claimed that pounding drums cast a magical spell over you, helping you forget your worries and have fun. Nothing else matters. They were right, atleast for five hours that was the case.
I cannot recall a time I have ever had that much fun, especially in a desert, but wait, I have never done anything like this before in a desert. It was first for me, for all of us ....only in Dubai.
Once at the main location, we climbed down into a sandy shaped bowl equipped with more fun than even imaginable.
When you needed a break from drumming, you could eat Arabian food, ride a camel, climb the sandy hills and look up at the stairs or just soak it all in, sitting back and relaxing on the majlis.
Was it the full moon that was making us all so carefree and crazy ?The Africans claimed that pounding drums cast a magical spell over you, helping you forget your worries and have fun. Nothing else matters. They were right, atleast for five hours that was the case.
I cannot recall a time I have ever had that much fun, especially in a desert, but wait, I have never done anything like this before in a desert. It was first for me, for all of us ....only in Dubai.
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