攝影有不同的主題，有人喜歡拍攝靜態的植物或風景，有人喜歡拍攝動態的運動攝影捕捉精彩的一瞬間。今天邀請到對於鳥類攝影非常有興趣的珮岑，經由申請獲得了雲門舞集流浪者計劃的補助，前往許多地方拍攝獵鷹文化。拍攝過程當中會遇到什麼有趣的事情呢？節目中也會介紹當地人到底是如何訓練雛鳥與人類培養默契狩獵，喜歡中亞文化的朋友千萬別錯過！
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主題： Falconry (獵鷹活動)
老鷹、貓頭鷹等肉食性鳥類經常是帥氣、勇猛的象徵，而在中亞地區有一項被列入聯合國教科文組織人類非物質文化遺產的古老活動—獵鷹術，今天我們一起一探究竟吧！
Falconry is the traditional art and practice of keeping, training, and flying falcons and other birds of prey to hunt wild animals, which has been practiced for over 4000 years.
The tradition became particularly popular along the Silk Roads. Indeed, the falcon was an important symbolic bird in ancient Mongolia.
Along the Silk Roads, falconry, and in particular the practice of exchanging hunting birds as gifts was closely associated with diplomacy and cultural interactions between the various societies along these routes.
Today falconry remains integrated into communities as part of a social recreational practice and popular means of interacting with nature.
Although it was originally a technique for acquiring food, the practice has evolved over time to become a traditional sport which has acquired many other values and a greater social significance.
falconry (N.) 獵鷹訓練
birds of prey (N.) 猛禽
symbolic (Adj.) 象徵性的
diplomacy (N.) 外交
integrated (Adj.) 融合的
recreational (Adj.) 休閒娛樂的
significance (N.) 重要性；重要意義