These images of Nurgaiv, by photographer Asher Svidensky, went viral in 2014. Though she is not the first female eagle hunter-there’s evidence of female eagle hunters from as early as tenth-century Persia according to a report by Stanford University researcher Adrienne Mayor, and National Geographic photographed Princess Nirgidma of Mongolia with her hunting eagle in 1932-Nurgaiv is the first Mongolian woman to compete in the country’s Golden Eagle Festival. ![]() She’s carrying on a legacy that has defined this region for centuries.īut the girl, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, is also challenging a tradition. A 13-year-old girl stands proud in the mountains of western Mongolia, cradling the eagle she has trained to hunt.
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