safari
As a safari ( zaˈfaːri , from Arabic سفر, DMG safar , travel ') are traveling referred, the purpose of the hunt ( hunting safari ) or - watching - especially in recent times, wild animals ( photo safari is), especially when the target of the trip in Africa is. Africa's so-called “ Big Five ” - buffalo , elephant , lion , leopard and rhinoceros - play a major role in both forms of safari .
Etymology and use of terms
The word safari comes from the Swahili language and stands for a trip of any kind. For example, a simple long walk can also be a safari. It has found its way into the German and English languages of the former colonial rulers since the colonial times and was then mainly used to describe a hunting trip in East Africa , during which large game was usually killed. The term was later extended to other parts of Africa and the world, such as areas rich in game in southern Africa or India .
In the last few decades the term has changed and now often refers to photo tourism in national parks, where animals can be seen and photographed in the wild, which is now affordable for less well-off travelers. In addition, a safari industry has developed, with lodges and professional guides.
The term safari is also used in connection with diving cruises, where the term diving safari has established itself. It is usually a multi-day photo safari in the sea .
reception
The theme of safari inspired many writers and directors to work, for example the passionate safari-goer Ernest Hemingway to The Green Hills of Africa and The Truth in the Morning Light .
See also
literature
- Carl-Albrecht von Treuenfels , John Reader: Game Farming. Slaughtered game . In: Geo-Magazin. Hamburg 1978, 12, ISSN 0342-8311 , pp. 34-58.
- Peet van der Merwe, Lindie du Plessis: Game farming and hunting tourism . 1st edition. African Sun Media, 2014, ISBN 978-0-9922359-1-8 .
- Barney Dickson, Jonathan Hutton, William A. Adams (Eds.): Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Science and Practice (= Conservation Science and Practice ). Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4443-0318-6 .
- Bernhard Gissibl: The conservation of luxury: Safari hunting and the consumption of wildlife in twentieth-century East Africa. In: Luxury in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-316-25791-3 , pp. 263-300, doi: 10.1017 / 9781316257913.011 .
- Brent Lovelock (Ed.): Tourism and the consumption of wildlife: hunting, shooting and sport fishing . Routledge, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-203-93432-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Safari. In: Duden. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Daryl Balfour, Sharna Balfour: Simply Safari . 1st edition. New Holland Publishers, New York 2001, ISBN 978-1-86872-532-8 , pp. 6 f .