Halali (hunting)
The Halali is both a verbal greeting from the hunter language as well as a traditional tone. In hunting customs it is associated with the end of a hunt.
General
The Halali comes from the deer and parforce hunting of the Middle Ages. Although the hunters usually intend together in groups on a musical instrument (the hunting horn ), the halali is not part of the music theme. It is not a musical composition in the strict sense. Rather , the halali is an acoustic information signal that is clearly perceptible even from greater spatial distances and that should also be perceived by people not involved in the hunt : "The hunt is over for this moment, the weapons are now idle". When it comes to hunting horn signals , a distinction is made between Halali and Great Halali . The Halali also indicates the end of a riding hunt .
Customs, procedure
Today's Halali process represents the ritualized end of the hunt and is different depending on local practice and tradition. Most of the processes have in common that after the hunt, everyone involved gathers at the track area. In a company hunt , the hunting route is laid in honor of the game , the hunters are honored, and the game species that are hunted are blown with the corresponding death signals. The final signal in this ritual is the Halali.
The pack of dogs , pack leaders and riders gather at Halali Square for riding or par force hunting . There the curée ( French: la curée - the prey) is or will be released for the pack of dogs, mostly cattle tripe . While, before or after the curée is released for the dogs as their symbolic share of the hunt, the riders shout Halali and the hunting horn signal is blown. There is also a local custom of starting the halali at the end of the last train, i.e. during the last stage of the third hunt.
At the burial of mostly active hunters during their lifetime, the halali is usually blown as the last greeting at the grave that is still open.
Word meaning and origin
According to Horst Pelletier, Halali does not mean ha là li so ha, there he lies (the deer) , but either a short, meaningless call to the dogs to cheer them on, or is derived from hal à luy - hal à luy , that means rush him (the deer) - rush after him! .
See also
literature
- Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaur's large hunting dictionary. Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 1996; Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5 .