Friday, January 29, 2010

Cock Fights.






I told my friend Nyoman Jiwa that I wanted to see a cock fight - I just meant the ones on the street where they just tussle a little bit but he took me to the real deal. This is actually a ceremony from part of the funeral/cremation ritual. He said someone had died 42 days ago and that now it was time to be happy again so they had this event at the persons house. They tie a razor blade to one leg of each rooster and then they place bets on which bird they have a 'good feeling' about. Then they get the roosters all worked up putting their faces together. The first fight lasted a long time and both birds survived but one became submissive and they declared a winner. The rest of the fights were much quicker with one cock always dying. Sometimes they died very quick and sometimes they bled out more slowly.  I don't advocate this kind of thing but it is part of their culture and that's what I came to see. I didn't post anything too gory.


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