The Fishing Culture.

I thought that it would be good if I wrote something small about one specific culture. The first thing that sprung to mind was fishing, no I do not fish..., but it happens all over the world. Just this morning while I was rushing to school I saw a man catch a fish. It was a lovely sight.

This is a picture taken in my Christmas holiday to Luxor, Egypt. It is a photo of two fishermen on the river Nile at around 6pm local time. Their way of fishing is so different to the way people fish in the UK.

In Luxor the boats are made out of roughly cut wood with big, heavy, unshaped pieces of wood for oars. For some this would be a terrible way to row, but to them it is a great utensil. The men find a popular fishing spot in the river and remove their oars from their position. After this the stand on the edge of their boat and the water violently thrashing the surface. To an on looker they may be surprised to see this but if you know the reason behind this method then it all makes sense. You see, the hitting of the water means that the fish swim to the surface. The fishermen stretch out a huge net which sinks to the bottom and rows away so the fish get caught in the net. It was beautiful to watch and the men sang songs and shouted to the men in the other boats.

Compared to fishing in UK where fishing generally happens calmly down the side of the canal. People usually fish to become isolated and have some time alone. They use fishing rods which can be set up so they just wait for the fish to get attracted to the bait.

The difference in just one area shows the range of human behaviour. I think it is fantastic that humans have found so many alternative ways to do the same activity.

These are only two examples of fishing and there are plenty of other ways. If you know any please comment below. Or comment if you want me to talk about a certain topic. 

Have a lovely day.