From: wayfarer
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Hi guys, sorry I'm at it again...You see I had foot surgery the beginning of October, & I can't really do anything hobbling around on crutches, so I have WAY too much time on my hands, so here goes: can you think of any bow cultures? By that I mean, any culture that reverences the bow to the exclusion of anything else. In my estimation , there are what I would term traditions, cultures & sub-cultures. A tradition would be England, where the longbow reigned supreme for centuries, but not so much anymore, a culture would be some place like Bhutan, where the bow is somewhat of an icon, and of course sub-cultures are where there is only a small percentage that reveres something. America would be an example of an archery sub-culture.
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From: Redfish
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Maybe not the bow itself, but the ancient Eurasian tradition of mounted archery (which has seen a resurgence lately) has always intrigued and impressed me. Japan revered their horseback archers a great deal.
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From: Jay B
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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All the various peoples of the Eurasian Steppes, Huns, Magyars, Mongols, Tatars, etc., still exist in some form or another, many still venerate the way of the bow and arrow. Japan still has Kyudo and mounted archery festivals to this day.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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England's was a war culture regarding the bow. Other than that, they could only be used for target practice anyway since no one could hunt the king's game. Discounting ancient ones, there are rain forest cultures still in existence, that rely on the bow and arrow...usually with poison tips for their main survival tool.
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From: Jim Davis
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Then there is the Bear culture...
Eye roll
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From: Firewater
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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I second that eye roll
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From: fdp
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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"By that I mean, any culture that reverences the bow to the exclusion of anything else" No.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Yes....has nothing to do with Bear or any other manufacturer. Eye roll.
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From: Dan W
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Rolling eyeballs all over the place here... and there's an ongoing Bear Bow Culture event taking place on my bow rack right now. But the Hills and the Howatts and Martins are all n the family as well.
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From: Traxx
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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How about the Cherokee with the Corn stalk shoot.
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From: Steve
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Date: 25-Oct-14 |
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Japanese samurai used bows as their preferred weapon for several centuries, until the katana became more popular.
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From: wayfarer
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Date: 26-Oct-14 |
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Thanks Buster...when one thinks about it, most cultures, whether they be national, religious or ethnic, have some type of iconic symbol that has prominence. America, for better or worse is a gun culture, even though some dubious "scholars" have tried to discount that in recent years, many Islamic groups have what could be termed a blade culture, ever see those pics of Yemeni men with their wickedly curved knives? Many Far Eastern cultures use a various assortment of hand weapons, and the Australian Aborigines have their ever present atl-atls. All of these items are part of their identity and cultural heritage.I"m just surprised that the bow, which has been around for millenia, isn't more prominent.
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From: Harlen
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Date: 27-Oct-14 |
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Longbow with rubber blunts let me remove annoying critters from my yard wthout scaring the neighbors, or leaving blood all over the porch, so its also a "kinder, gentler culture"
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From: ela gözlü avci
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Date: 29-Oct-14 |
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Turkish archery. Archery fields as early as 15th century, established and institutionized sports archery with clubs, trainers, regulations for training and competition. Ceremonies of initiation as well as for declaring proficiency. Amazing history of flight archery and distance records that exceeded 800 meters! The bow itself had symbolic meanings as well. Here is an article of mine about almost all aspects of Turkish archery: http://www.tirendaz.com/en/? page_id=3
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From: Silverstreak Archer
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Date: 29-Oct-14 |
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Archery is still one of the main national sports in Mongolia.
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From: firekeeper
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Date: 29-Oct-14 |
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I believe the Cheyenne honored sacred arrows within their tradition. Not quite veneration of the bow itself, but speaks highly of it's place within it.
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From: Buzz
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Date: 29-Oct-14 |
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Agree with Silverstreak Archer.
And would also agree on the English as well.
A few hundred years of bow culture that made it across the pond with the ELB.
Art Young's ELB.
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