THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS AISHOLPAN
THIS STORY IS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD KAZAKH GIRL AISHOLPAN WHO IS JUST BEGINNER OF THE NEW TRADITION:
Aisholpan is only one girl in Mongolia who is starting to learn how to train and hold an eagle. She is from an eagle hunter’s family. In her family starting from grand grandfather to her father and 2 younger brothers of her father are eagle hunters. This Kazakh tradition is taking its new beginning from this family. The father of Aisholpan who is the main trainer of her says that “Eagle Hunting” is in their blood.
Step aside Daenerys and Katniss, Aisholpan is a real-life role model on an epic journey in a faraway world. Follow this 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl as she battles to become the first female to hunt with a Golden Eagle in 2,000 years of male-dominated history.
HOW AISHOLPAN BECAME AN EAGLE HUNTRESS?
After her older brother is gone to the Army to complete his military service, Aisholpan was at home as only one elder child that family has in their home. She has all the responsibility of the family. She was helping to mother, she was helping to father to bring horses, look after the animals and every time she was feeding and looking after the Eagle when her father was away and that was the start of all this history!
Today Aisholpan proved that she is really huntress and her young eagle just caught her first fox on the high Altai Mountains!