Falcon tamers ride horses during a hunting demonstration on the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.

A Kirgiz herder displays his falcon during the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.

Kirgiz herders display their falcons during the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.

Kirgiz herders display their falcons to photographers during the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.

Herders watch as a falcon catches its prey during a hunting demonstration on the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.

A falcon catches its prey during a hunting demonstration on the Second Falcon Cultural Festival in Akqi county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on March 21, 2009.