Area in which the hawks training takes place. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Area in which the hawks training takes place. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Trainer and his hawk, Biancofiore, shadows on the mold. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Trainer and his hawk, Biancofiore, shadows on the mold. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Hawk Biancofiore and its trainer like a Minotaur. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Hawk Biancofiore and its trainer like a Minotaur. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Hawk trainer is using a direction finder to call back the animal. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009
Hawk trainer is using a direction finder to call back the animal. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009
Silhouette trainer and his hawk, Biancofiore, during the training. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Silhouette trainer and his hawk, Biancofiore, during the training. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Hawk Biancofiore is chasing another bird during the training. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Hawk Biancofiore is chasing another bird during the training. Pesco Sannita, Benevento, Italy, 2009.
Cowboys are waiting for the beginning of Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboys are waiting for the beginning of Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboys are drilling horses before the Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboys are drilling horses before the Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
“La Dormiente” Association cowboys are drilling their horses, before the Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
“La Dormiente” Association cowboys are drilling their horses, before the Road Show. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
A cowboy is observing the arena before the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
A cowboy is observing the arena before the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Enclosured cows are waiting for the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Enclosured cows are waiting for the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Spectators outside the arena are watching the horses training. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Spectators outside the arena are watching the horses training. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
A horse, seen from the arena iron bars. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
A horse, seen from the arena iron bars. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Sitting cowboys are waiting for the beginning of the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Sitting cowboys are waiting for the beginning of the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Competitors before the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Competitors before the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboy competiror shadow on arena sand, during the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboy competiror shadow on arena sand, during the Road Show rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboy competiror shadow on arena sand at the end of rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Cowboy competiror shadow on arena sand at the end of rodeo. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Area born to permit the interaction between horses and kids. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Area born to permit the interaction between horses and kids. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Group of cowboys at the end of competition. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.
Group of cowboys at the end of competition. Taburno plain, Benevento, Italy, 2010.

Manimal

“Manimal” is a reflection about the relationship between human being and animal. The word “animal” derives from Latin “animal-animalis” which alludes to the faculties of the animal to have a soul. The development of capitalism, based on the commodification of living beings, has contributed to the abandonment of any symbolic and spiritual approach to nature. Various ancient mythological beliefs conceived animal as deity, bearer of adversity or fortune. The cancellation of myths and traditions by the European bloody colonizers in Africa and South America, the advent of atheism, some distorted interpretations of religious texts to political and economic aims have supported the process of commodification according to which an animal is transformed into an object. Does this contemporary human behaviour depend on what is called cultural “evolution”? Do an innate tendency to love animal and a feeling of brotherhood towards animals still exist? This reportage tries to answer these questions by the narration of the experiences of a hawk trainer and cowboys in a southern- Italian rodeo.