The island of cocks...
No, I know what you are thinking...but its not like that!!!
Everywhere we went we saw all these cocks in cages and started to wonder why...
Then we realized that this is part of a serious tradition in the Philippines...
The popular tradition of Cockfighting!
Attaching the sharp leg knife...
Then the betting... Odds are pretty good, 50% chance everytime!
Les coqs sportives...
The fights really gets the crowd going!!! Almost all of the people in the arena are men and many come with their own animal that can get up in the plexi-ring to fight.
Flying dropkicks rooster style!
The red dots, aka blood, splattered on the window shows the seriousness of the sport. The cocks, as mentioned above, wears a sharp knife attached to one of their legs to do extra damage. And every fight ends the same...
The winner stands tall and...
the loosers hangs upside-down...
A brutal sport but nevertheless something that has a value of experiencing. It seems like quite a waste, raising the cock for more than 2 years with the best of foods and then just give it up in the ring with a 50% risk of getting it killed. But the possibility of owning a winning rooster with all the fame and glory it comes with, is more than enough for putting it in there.
All I can say, I am just glad I'm not a rooster myself!
Everywhere we went we saw all these cocks in cages and started to wonder why...
Then we realized that this is part of a serious tradition in the Philippines...
The popular tradition of Cockfighting!
Attaching the sharp leg knife...
Then the betting... Odds are pretty good, 50% chance everytime!
Les coqs sportives...
The fights really gets the crowd going!!! Almost all of the people in the arena are men and many come with their own animal that can get up in the plexi-ring to fight.
Flying dropkicks rooster style!
The red dots, aka blood, splattered on the window shows the seriousness of the sport. The cocks, as mentioned above, wears a sharp knife attached to one of their legs to do extra damage. And every fight ends the same...
The winner stands tall and...
the loosers hangs upside-down...
A brutal sport but nevertheless something that has a value of experiencing. It seems like quite a waste, raising the cock for more than 2 years with the best of foods and then just give it up in the ring with a 50% risk of getting it killed. But the possibility of owning a winning rooster with all the fame and glory it comes with, is more than enough for putting it in there.
All I can say, I am just glad I'm not a rooster myself!
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