What are the days of 'virginity'? What is the weather in it? And what is the story of the “Qarat Al-Anz” period that follows it?

Weather of Arabia - Today, Monday, February 7 (February), the fifth day of the "Azara period" (or Fasuk) according to the Amazigh agricultural calendar used in parts of the Maghreb countries, and the days of Azrata begin on February 3 (February) and last 11 days, and are characterized by fluctuation The weather, in which it is very cold, especially during the evening periods, and sometimes witnesses an improvement in the weather conditions, announcing the beginning of the greenness of the trees and the emergence of their leaves, according to the folklore and the terms used by farmers.

The folk tale says that the origin of the name goes back to the sheep’s jealousy for the lightness of the goats that are not covered with wool, so it became a “tourist” in the local dialect. Warmth and cold, between rain and drought, and between strong frost and wind, and an improvement in the atmosphere.

Qarrat Al-Anz period

The Azra period lasts for 11 days, followed by the Karat al-Anz period, which begins on February 14 and ends on February 19. It is the coldest day of the winter season, with storms and winds laden with rain. The years of snowfall came during that period.

The Qarat Al-Anz period may start earlier than its time and may be delayed for days, and this year it will start a little later than its due date, and this is what people preferred in the past.

It is well known that the “Goat Farm” sometimes begins with stormy weather and winds, and ends with rain and rain, or vice versa, it begins with beneficial rain and ends with the wind.

And because the “Kurrat Al-Goz” period may be one of the coldest days of the year, it causes the death of some animals and livestock, especially goats, and that is why it was called “Kurrat Al-Goz”.

The story tells the legend behind the name, which took place in the last days of the month of Nair or January (according to the Amazigh agricultural calendar), and these days correspond to the period of the text of the month Furar "February Gregorian", that is, the 14th of Furar "February", when the forty nights were completed And the days of the pilgrimage at the end of the month of Yanar, the goats came out laughing at the winter because he could not kill them in the cold and frost, so the winter became angry with them, so he borrowed a day from the month of Furar, and that is why the days of the month of Furar became missing, because of this day that was added to the month of January to become 31 days, and when The cold has killed the goat.

Among the proverbs that were said during the period of "Qarat Al-Anz":

• When the goat came out after the cold had diminished, she said to the winter: You have done it, Toby, what has worn out my neck. Winter replied to the goat and said to her: Go to my brother Furar, put your wives in the fire, and we will spend the day from Furar, and we will clear your horns, so that the little ones play with them in the roundabout.
• It was said: Goats cannot tolerate cold and frost, and when the cold of winter decreased and the month of Yanar ended and the month of Furar began, the goat felt warm, so it stretched its legs and said, "Oh, Yanar, fear Furar, and nothing happened to me." Yannar replied to her and said to her: "If my brother Furar lends me a single day, I will run into the family in horror, and we will pour out the gray on his urine and throw your companions into the fire."

In the period of the ancestor of the goat or the goat, the ancestors of cattle breeders preferred not to go out to graze because they feared the goats from the cold.