Cock Fights
Sunday, April 08, 2007
So we heard(back when Rob was here) about cock fighting and we never really were amped to go until on Saturday afternoon we decided to go with other Rob who had been and said it was freakin awesome. So we went and it was!
We paid $10 to get in to the arena. As you walk in there are hundreds of glass boxes around the top of the arena each holding a cock - shaved clean and ready to fight (please read this post in context). So after examining the birds we bought a beer and sat down for the fights to begin.
Each fight lasts a maximum of 15 minutes or to the death or basically dead. No fights that day made the 15 minute limit. We watched from 3pm till about 7 and there must have been 40 fights that day!
Each cock has a ring on its leg - one blue (azule) and one white (blanco) and thats how you tell them apart. Betting is done by screaming at anyone who is screaming the opposite colour. After each fight, wads of cash are thrown around the stadium to all the winners by the losers. It is really unbelievable.
The cocks are brought onto the arena by a lift which moves their glass boxes above the arena then slowly lowers them down. They are then weighed and given a peck at each other and then put back into their boxes to be released.
The best part of the whole day was the waitresses who walk around the stadium selling chicken burritos! We all had one - freshest chicken ever!
Made a few dollar, had many beers - it was a great afternoon. Check out some more pics.
We paid $10 to get in to the arena. As you walk in there are hundreds of glass boxes around the top of the arena each holding a cock - shaved clean and ready to fight (please read this post in context). So after examining the birds we bought a beer and sat down for the fights to begin.
Each fight lasts a maximum of 15 minutes or to the death or basically dead. No fights that day made the 15 minute limit. We watched from 3pm till about 7 and there must have been 40 fights that day!
Each cock has a ring on its leg - one blue (azule) and one white (blanco) and thats how you tell them apart. Betting is done by screaming at anyone who is screaming the opposite colour. After each fight, wads of cash are thrown around the stadium to all the winners by the losers. It is really unbelievable.
The cocks are brought onto the arena by a lift which moves their glass boxes above the arena then slowly lowers them down. They are then weighed and given a peck at each other and then put back into their boxes to be released.
The best part of the whole day was the waitresses who walk around the stadium selling chicken burritos! We all had one - freshest chicken ever!
Made a few dollar, had many beers - it was a great afternoon. Check out some more pics.
