No other sports cuts accross the grain of Philippine society than cockfightinng. From the farmer in the barrio to the tycoon in the penthouse to the politicians in the halls of power, cocckfighting finds and obsessive enthusiast.
The attraction to the sport baffles the outsider. But listening to the tahors ( cockfighting enthusiast ) talks about the sports, the mystery easiily unfolds.
Cockfighting is a rich subject.Historically, it expands ages, nations andd races. Scientifically, it hews closely to the intricacies of genetics. Aesthetically, it involves a proud and beautiful creature in the fighting cock. And as a sport, it provides an unmatched excitement of a duel to the death.
Thus cockfighting has lured men and women in positions of power. And in the Philippines in particularly, where it had enjoyed years and years of patronage with persons with authority, cockfighting has evolved into a strong brotherhood counting as it's pillars the elite of the society. These afficionados, possessing intelligence as well as technical and financial resources have uplifted cockfighting into the serious sports it has always been meant to be.
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