(15 Mar 2016) KYRGYZSTAN HUNTING SPORT
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Alysh, Kyrgyzstan - 13 March 2016
1. Various of eagles
2. Various of man holding wolf on lead
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sharshembiyev Esenbulat, Eagle Hunter:
"I've been doing it since I was 13-years-old, my ancestors are also hunters. Now, if God wills, the young generation will continue. We came here today to check out our golden eagles, if God wills, everything will go well. We also going to release the wolf today."
4. Various of Sharshembiyev Esenbulat with his eagle
5. Wide of men with dogs
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Almazbek Akunov, President of the Salburun Federation:
"It's a sport, kind of an imitation of a hunt with fighting birds, archery and a hunt with Kyrgyz taigans (dogs). For ten years we've been working on a policy directive and finally gave this sport a national status. It became possible today because it (the sport) is the cultural heritage of the Kyrgyz nation."
7. Various of beginning of game with parade, eagles and dogs
8. Wide of man releasing eagle
9. Close of eagle talons on man's glove
10. Wide of man releasing eagle to catch its prey
11. Wide of man and eagle, another man in foreground
12. Wide of man dragging prey from horse with eagle flying behind
13. Pan left of eagle grabbing prey
14. Wide man throwing prey in air and eagle catching it, zoom in
15. Pan right of eagle following prey
16. Wide of crowd watching
17. Wide of commentators
18. Various of dogs hunting
19. Wide of crowd watching
20. Various of women shooting arrows at target
21. Wide of area where games are taking place, mountains in background
22. Pan right of wolf being released
23. Various of eagle attacking wolf
24. Various of hunters tying up wolf
25. Close of wolf with bleeding nose and mouth
26. Wide of area
27. SOUNDBITE (German) Willi Heigl, German tourist:
"I'm visiting from Germany and I have been surprised by how hospitable it all is here, and I have had a very, very interesting experience here today."
28. Wide of eagle attacking wolf
LEADIN:
In rural Kyrgyzstan, hunting with golden eagles is a skill handed down from generation to generation.
Organisers of the country's Salburun Festival are reviving the tradition in the form of a competition, hoping to preserve local culture.
STORYLINE:
Hunting has always been an integral part of the nomadic lifestyle of the Kyrgyz people.
It dates back to times when hunting was the only means of survival on the Kyrgyz steppe.
That tradition is now being celebrated at the Salburun Festival, which is held in Alysh, about 400 kilometres (248 miles) from the capital, Bishkek.
The majority of participants here learned the secrets of taming the wild bird from their fathers and grandfathers.
Sharshembiyev Esenbulat, started learning to hunt with eagles when he was a teenager.
"I've been doing it since I was 13 years old, my ancestors are also hunters. Now, if God wills, the young generation will continue. We came here today to check out our golden eagles, if God wills, everything will go well. We also going to release the wolf today."
Esenbulat hopes events like this will encourage younger generations to continue old traditions.
The president of the Salburun Federation, Almazbek Akunov, says participants at the festival show off their hunting skills in the form of a sport.
"It's a sport, kind of an imitation of a hunt with fighting birds, archery and a hunt with Kyrgyz taigans (dogs)," explains the
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