HEZI – LORTU

Published in DEIA, Jan. 20, 2011

"CAPTURING the free with what's in chains". That is how Rodríguez de la Fuente
defined, in sublime way, one of his biggest passions, the art of falconry. Such art has
been declared at the end of the last year by UNESCO as Immaterial Cultural Heritage of
Humanity, a motion of twelve countries: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Syria, Mongolia,
Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, Morocco, France, Belgium, Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Although it is not acquainted with certainty, it is believed that falconry begins its art
more than 4,000 years ago, in the Asiatic steppes, by the pure human observation of the
animal´s behavior. Something similar that happen with the wolf, although, however, the
techniques of taming of the mammals and the birds are diametrically the contrary. As
well as UNESCO says, "Falconry is one of the most ancient relations between men and
birds, adapting traditional activity that uses brats to capture preys in her natural
habitant". Is the result and accurate reflection of the human’s restlessness to avail
oneself from his surroundings for its survival, being in the Middle Ages when this art
enjoyed a bigger plethora. And much has developed from its beginnings to a material
level, techniques of training or technologically that falconry is, nowadays, one of the
most fascinating arts that God forbid the man had known.

Tells the legend that little Temujin ( 1162-1227 ), in plain desert along with his brother,
attended the capture of a jungle fowl by a goshawk and Temujin came up with the idea
of making use of his own hair to fill the bird's leg with loops. They hid and when the
rapacious return he got stuck in one of them. The young brothers already had the perfect
weapon to subsist.
We have to leave the evident and give things a second thought. That way success is
guaranteed, even if you have to conquer the largest empire of all times. We only have to
conquer the fear of one and dare.

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Published in DEIA, Jan. 20, 2011

CAPTURING the free with what's in chains. That is how Rodríguez

de la Fuente defined, in sublime way, one of his biggest
passions, the art of falconry. Such art has been declared at the
end of the last year by UNESCO as Immaterial Cultural Heritage
of Humanity, a motion of twelve countries: United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Syria, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Spain,
Slovakia, Morocco, France, Belgium, Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Although it is not acquainted with certainty, it is believed that

falconry begins its art than 4,000 years ago, in the Asiatic
steppes, of the pure human observation of the animal behavior.
Something similar that happen with the wolf, although, however,
the techniques of taming of the mammals and the birds are
diametrically the contrary. As well UNESCO says, "Falconry is
one of the most ancient relations between men and birds,
adapting traditional activity that uses brats to capture preys in
her natural habitant". Is the result and accurate reflection of the
human’s restlessness to avail oneself from his surroundings of
its survival, being in the Middle Ages when this art enjoyed a
bigger plethora. And much has developed from its beginnings to
a material level, techniques of training or technologically that
falconry is, nowadays, one of the most fascinating arts that God
forbid the man had known.

Tells the legend that little Temujin ( 1162-1227 ), in plain desert

along with his brother, attended the capture of a jungle fowl by
a goshawk and Temujin came up with the idea of making use of
his own hair to fill the bird's leg with loops. They hid and when
the rapacious return he got stuck in one of them. The young
brothers already had the perfect weapon to subsist.
We have to quit the evident and give things a second thought.
That way success is guaranteed, even if you have to conquer
the largest empire of all times. We only have to conquer fear of
one and to dare.

www.kepajunkera.com