Cockfights in Philippines

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  • Dates
    2018 - 2018
  • Author
  • Topics Contemporary Issues, Travel, Documentary
  • Location Oslob, Philippines

Documenting cockfights in Oslob, Philippines

Raising roosters for fighting goes back to 6000 years ago. Nowadays, it is a national pastime.

Fighting cocks receive the best of care, and can cost up to 6000 $. Cockfights is an institution in the Philippine culture. A 24hr tv channel is dedicated to the gamecocks.