Salburun
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Salburun (Kyrgyz : Салбуурун) is a traditional kind of hunt in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, involving falconry, archery and sometimes mounted archery, as well as hunting with Taigan.
At the end of Salburun contests, the winners of the different disciplines receive an award; the main disciplines are:
- Hunting with eagles,
- Hunting with Taigan,
- Taigan races,
- Mounted archery.[2]
Salburun comes from the nomadic tradition of hunting and protecting herds from predators such as wolves. Festivals have been organised in Central Asia since 1997. After the festival of 2006 in Tong district, Kyrgyzstan, international reactions to the violence of the event led the Salburun Federation to rethink the rules and take measures for animal defense. In 2015, a petition has been launched to end wolf baiting.[3]
Salburun is one of the World Nomad Games' disciplines.
References
[edit]- ^ Article about traditional hunting in Central Asia Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine in Russian
- ^ Interview of the president of Salburun Federation, 3 September 2014, in Russian
- ^ Occupy for Animals website