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alainloss: The event starts with a presentation of eagle hunters wearing their traditional costumes
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alainloss: Eagle hunters in full hunting regalia
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alainloss: Burkitshi eagle hunters holding their bird of prey
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alainloss: Parade of eagle hunters in embroidered winter furs
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alainloss: Parade of eagle hunters with lead Burkitshi brandishing his bird
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alainloss: Parade of competitors dressed in full hunting regalia and mounted on groomed horses
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alainloss: Kazakh hunter wearing a traditional fur coat made of fox skins
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alainloss: Girls increasingly take up the male-dominated tradition following in Aisholpan's footsteps
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alainloss: Best couple parade
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alainloss: Eagle huntress wearing the traditional red silk hat lined with fox fur
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alainloss: Eagle hunter dressed in his embroidered robe and fox fur hat
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alainloss: Following years of training the bond between man and bird is very strong
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alainloss: Kazakh eagle hunter with his bird of prey
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alainloss: Proud Kazakh Burkitshi with his hooded eagle perched on his tough glove
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alainloss: While carrying their eagles, hunters ride up a 300m cliff. They leave their eagles up top with a helper and ride back down the cliff to call their birds from a distance
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alainloss: Each eagle is released by a helper from the top of a rocky hill and the hunter calls it down to land
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alainloss: Eagle about to be released with its owner calling it down onto the smaller circle
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alainloss: Eagle hunter calming down his bird before release from the rocky cliff
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alainloss: A golden eagle with outstretched wings is carried up the hill by his owner
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alainloss: Golden eagles waiting their turn in the release area on top of the cliff
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alainloss: Golden eagle eyeing the landing area 300m below
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alainloss: Eagle hunter calling his bird down the hill with a meat treat ready
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alainloss: After a 300m dive the bird lands onto its owner... and its meat reward
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alainloss: Eagle hunter on top of the hill overlooking the game field
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alainloss: Kazakh helper sending off a golden eagle from the top of the hill
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alainloss: The golden eagle will dive towards the landing area at a speed exceeding 200km/h
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alainloss: In the Kazakh game of Tiyn Teru riders have to grab a coin or a piece of cloth off the ground from horseback
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alainloss: Horseback rider having just picked up a piece of cloth on the ground while at full gallop
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alainloss: Horseback rider at full stretch after narrowly missing the piece of cloth he intended to grab
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alainloss: During the Tiyn Teru event a rider throws himself towards the ground and picks a tiny piece of cloth while at full gallop