Salburun
Sign in to savethumb|270px|USSR stamp, 1988. The rider with his Taigan and his bird of prey are symbolic of the Kyrgyz hunter. 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.
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thumb|270px|USSR stamp, 1988. The rider with his Taigan and his bird of prey are symbolic of the Kyrgyz hunter. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salburun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.