The South African Falconry Association wishes you a happy World Falconry Day! 16 November 2022

Описание: Please join the South African Falconry Association - SAFA - as we celebrate World Falconry Day the 16th of November 2022.

On the 16th November 2010, ironically on African soil, the birth place of man, falconry was inscribed in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

This recognition was accepted unanimously during the 5th Session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Nairobi Kenya.

Today falconers from all corners of the world celebrate World Falconry Day mindful of they responsibility not only to their birds, dogs and quarry but also the previous 4000 years of falconry history they are custodians of. That responsibility is best summed up by the words of a falconer Renè

“Because.......every time any one of us picks up a bird, we are not only responsible for what we do in relation to our own bird, but also to the entire history and the entire future of falconry. We are, each of us, electing to take responsibility for something which has been practiced long before we were born and which will continue long after we die. If we cannot be true to the obligation to secure it for the future, by virtue of the way we practice it in the present....then we have no right to call ourselves falconers and we are entirely disgraced by our ineptitude. Do it properly or don't do it at all.”