Abstract
This study was aimed at investigating the horse culture and horse tourism potentials of Awi Zone. It was undertaken based on descriptive design and qualitative approach. Hence, non-probability samp...
Highlights
Horse formed a critical component of human transportation system throughout the world by playing significant role in facilitating the movement of peoples for different drives such as commercial and military purposes
Some of the questions posed are: What are the pack animals found in your locality? Explain the process of the birth of a pony from conception up to delivery? How the newly born pony is cared from delivery up to its arrival for work? What are the names given to horses? On what basis these names are given? How horses for different activities are selected? The in-depth interview and observational results are discussed as follows
The pony is delivered with the effort of the mother horse either in the field or in the stall locally known as gat/gatsi, where domestic animals are kept at night
Summary
Horse formed a critical component of human transportation system throughout the world by playing significant role in facilitating the movement of peoples for different drives such as commercial and military purposes. Peoples began to use horse for recreational, sport related activities and to perform various works. The same role is still played by horses especially in rural areas at different parts of the world. These days, the majority of horses in developed western nations are kept for recreational use (Anthony, 1986; Ollenburg, 2005; Zukauskaite, 2009). The gradual growth of the interest of peoples to use horse and other equines for leisure and refreshment contributed to the emergence of a new type of tourism called equestrian or horse tourism, which started in Europe, North America and Australia in the 1950s and 1960s (EUQUUS, 2014; Evans, Siguroardottir, & Helgadottir, 2015; Pickel—Chevalier, 2015). Its social and economic importance shows in the turnover of the sector in employment, in the amount of enterprises, in the number of peoples engaged, and in the amount of peoples taking an active interest in the sector (Evans et al, 2015; Haggblow, Rantamaki-Lahtinen, & Vihinen, n.d.)
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