Local history and culture Yemen

The track leading to the apex of the Jebel Saber (3 006 m) is road. The mountain is covered by cultures, in particular qat, and built from countless villages. Magnificent panoramic views of Ta and the rich modern villas of taizzi industrialists. A pleasant stop at the village's small café, at Samira, 200 m from the top. Samira will soon open a hostel. You must cross the village on foot to arrive at a nice point of view on Ta. A second hostel is also expected to be a day, which will make it easy to facilitate hiking in the region. The village's little girls sell «makramas», long cotton veils, very colourful, and offer women to adorn their hands with henna designs. At Mount Saber, a small mosque is built in memory of the Sufi Abd Al-Rahman. Behind the mosque is the cave which was, according to tradition, the place of sleep of the «Ahl Al Kahf». It would be the «seven dormants» referred to in the Qur'a by the Koran - seven young men and their dog who, fleeing the persecution of a tyrant, took refuge in a cave. God slept there for 309 years, and then rehearsed them: " To make sure that God's promise is true and that there is no doubt about the time. (Koran, XVIII, 21.)

Two elements of the housing doors of the region are remarkable. On the one hand, the hole in the right amount of the wall, closed by a small wooden valve, in which one moves the hand to power the heavy bois. On the other hand, the mechanism of the lock, entirely in wood, as well as the key that activates it, in the form of large toothbrush that is brought into the mechanism, and acts like that of a Barbarie organ.

It is possible to visit one or two houses that have been restored through foreign funds and transformed into a museum in situ. It is very interesting to see their interior intended for the whole family, between 15 and 25 people, distributed on all floors, on the ground floor being intended for reservations and kitchen, floors to rooms and common rooms of reception, the open terrace open to become the family dormitory. The houses are always built by peaks. This natural material is cheap and the thick walls that are made of it maintain freshness inside and prevent the heat from entering.