世界鷹獵系列---印度-巴基斯坦

2011/03/19 01:24

Traditional Sindhi falconers from the Sindh province of Pakistan hunting partridge with trained male passage goshawk. Hawking in Sindh to this day, is like the way Sir Richard Francis Burton described in that wonderful book of his "Falconry in the Valley of the Indus", published first in 1882.

Falconry is part and parcel of the culture of the Indus Valley civilisation and to this day it has been kept alive by a small but dwindling band of die hard enthusiasts. Sadly, successive governments has done little to preserve, let alone promote, this integral part of our culture. Ironically, the same officialdom has bent over backwards to facilitate falconry by foreigners from the at the expense of the rights of the local falconers. The people and the sport that you see in this video might disappear into oblivion in your own lifetime. They are the last flickers of light from a dying star. The last of the Mohicans.

Grey Francolin Hunting
Shikar tour with friends. venue is Humak village near Attock city.
21th November 2009
Ali Imran
Wah Cantt
Pakistan
hawking in punjab province of pakistan with male goshawk 2 years old

dabu the dog and jura at there best

hunting with adult goshawk

 we did hunting in Attock (Pakistan).i was behind the camera and my friend Zafar was hunting with sparrow hawk.

 catching pigeons with turumti

 me casting turumti and hunting sparrows

 Me,my mentor and his friend hunting lapwings with Spar

This is a segment from the film Life with an Indian Prince. In 1939 two young Americans traveled to India to experience the falconry practices of Indian royalty and to photograph and film wildlife for National Geographic. In addition to hunting with birds of prey, members of the royal party used to hunt with cheetahs. This sport and way of life has disappeared into history. This rare footage is quite unique, and most probably the only of its kind.