CABUYAO, Laguna, Philippines — " In the Philippines, sabong — cockfighting — is a way of life. On a recent Sunday in the provincial city of Cabuyao, in the middle of an old arena painted turquoise and surrounded by ascending rows of wooden benches rubbed smooth from years of use, are two men, each cradling a rooster. A buzzer sounds, and the roosters are released. They head straight for each other. There’s a tousle of red wings and feathers, and suddenly, one of the roosters starts to hobble. The white one veers away and stumbles to the ground. The referee picks up both roosters by the scruffs of their necks to see if there’s still any fight left in them. There is. Another flurry of feathers, and the white one — the one that looked dead on its feet seconds ago — deals a fatal kick to the red rooster. The fight is over after 24 seconds. Borick Alcazar owns the white rooster. Winning is always good, but winning as the underdog is doubly satisfying. Alcazar grins from ear to ear. He picks up his rooster, accepts a little adulation from the crowd, and walks out of the arena. Cockfighting has been around for hundreds of years. When Ferdinand Magellan arrived in 1521, it was already a roaring spectacle. As such, the culture around it is deeply entrenched in Philippine life, particularly in the provinces, where cockfighting is part of the daily scrabble for income. " http://t.today.com/travel/just-making-living-cockfighting-way-life-philippines-6C10945776
I would have put this in the Culture section, not sport........... Blood sport...??? What are your views...??
Many describe it as the national sport of the Philippines, moreso even than baseball? I suppose, to be more accurate, it is a blood sport. And I suppose it is part of the Philippine culture.
I don't go that far. I'm with General Napier: "A story for which Napier is often noted involved Hindu priests complaining to him about the prohibition of Sati by British authorities. This was the custom of burning a widow alive on the funeral pyre of her husband. As first recounted by his brother William, he replied: "Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier But cock fighting does not bother me; the chicken ends up in the pot anyway. There is a lot of cock fighting on television.
Yeah.. I would watch it more except there are too many advertisements for cock boosters and vitamins... I get enough of that in my spam box as it is.
Yup, I even have some DVD of world slasher derbies Thai TV has a channel that shows bull fighting with two bulls, cockfighting, and even horse fighting, when in Rome
Sometimes the chicken gains the upper hand. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56224144 A cockerel that had been fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight has killed its owner in southern India. The bird's owner was impaled in the groin by the knife as the animal tried to escape. The man died on the way to hospital from a loss of blood. Police are now searching for 15 more people involved in the event, which took place in the village of Lothunur in Telangana state earlier this week. The animal was held at a police station before being transferred to a farm. Police said the animal was being readied to take part in a fight when it tried to escape. Its owner attempted to catch it but was struck by the 7cm-long (three inch) knife on the bird's leg during the struggle.
The exact same thing has happened in pinas and Mexico, the tari are razor sharp, if you visit a cockfight you often see birds stuck together after a flurry
