Relations of falcon societies from the Kingdom of Serbia with Serbian falcon societies in the region

Abstract

Falconry as a Slovenian physical exercise movement followed national events on European soil in the 19th and the first part of the 20th century. The formation of the Kingdom of Italy as well as the German Empire influenced the development of the creative character among the Slavic peoples. Also, the Serbian revolution, autonomy and final independence after the Berlin Congress, further strengthened the national consciousness of all enslaved Slavs. From the end of the 19th century, the Czech Falcon training system was accepted in the Kingdom of Serbia. Falcons from the Kingdom of Serbia established cooperation with Serbian falconry societies from the region. They organized falconry events (landings) in the Kingdom of Serbia, where Serbian falcons from outside the Kingdom of Serbia often took part. Also, falcons from the Kingdom of Serbia often participated in the events (flights) of Serbian falcons organized outside the Kingdom of Serbia. Sokol celebrations were places of joint work, organization and further planning. Physical exercise in Serbian falcon performances was not an isolated activity, but was often realized with choral performances, recitations, historical and spiritual lectures. The annexation crisis further united the Serbian falconry of the Kingdom of Serbia with Serbian falconry from the region. Additional external burdens on the Kingdom of Serbia as a free Slavic kingdom reflected on the unifying forces of complete Serbian physical exercise. The acceptance of the Serbian people into the Association of Slovenian Falconry is an indication of the Serbs' desire for joint action within the framework of overall falconry. Through their decades of work, their mutual relationship as well as their participation in the Great War, the falcons of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Serbian falcons from the region made a significant contribution to the unification of the Serbian and other Slavic peoples into a common South Slavic kingdom-Yugoslavia. The goal of this research is to search for the relationship between Falcons from the Kingdom of Serbia and Serbian falconry from the region. The historical method was used in the research.