Sunday, November 6, 2011

Kyrgyz Eagle Hunter


Berkutchy is the term used for an Eagle Hunter and is a life's profession in the nomads of central Asia which is often a hereditary one. The relationship of the bird and its master is constant and all-consuming. In the training of a young eagle, the berkutchy must sacrifice his sleep for a long period. For weeks, the growing bird is rendered sightless under its hood until its dependence on its master becomes complete. Such intimacy must turn into a lifelong trust with the eagle - twenty years or more. It is said that as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man. There is a proverb in Kazakhstan

"There are three things a real man should have: a fast horse, a hound, and a golden eagle"







Such inspiring traditions that show the deepest and most pure relationships that humans have with animals.

Is it possible to utilise this into a motorbike through personification? i.e. a horse or a golden eagle,

Essentially a motorbike already has the sense of riding a horse, a man on a horse doesn't look out of place.. refer to the skeletal structure in my previous post..the dip in the horses spine almost acts as if it was meant to have a human skeleton meshed there, joining the 2 beings. 

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