Tourism and the intangible heritage of the horse

Abstract

The horse as a cultural object Horses have been an integral part of the evolution of human societies throughout history: since antiquity, in Europe, Africa and Asia, and since the modern period, in North and South America. This association is illustrated by practices that vary according to periods and populations. Yet shared across all these periods, is the twofold character of what horses have meant to humans – on the one hand, defined as tools of labour, hunting, transportation and war (Roc...