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The sun sets on a dying tradition


  • The pictures were taken on rivers in China's Guangxi Zhuang region to record the ancient art of cormorant fishing
  • Cormorant fishing is a dying art which involves sending trained cormorants to catch fish bring them back alive
  • The fishermen tie a snare at the base of the their throat, stopping them from swallowing larger fish which they spit up
  • Once a vibrant and lucrative art, it has been practiced for more than 1,000 years but has been ravaged by industry
 
See here.

 
Truly enchanting.

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pegas
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This kind of fishing is more human than I saw in the far Russia. They throw small bombs and then collect dead fishes from the surface.

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Holy crap! That's barbarism of the modern age, Petr. Those pictures of Chinese fishing are soothing and peaceful by a light year.

pegas
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@Amit wrote:
Those pictures of Chinese fishing are soothing and peaceful by a light year.
True. Today evening I will screen the pictures with a glass of wine to relax a bit :D

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Nice idea.:)

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