Sabong fighting and cockfighting: Admire the beauty of the 6,000-year-old “national” sport in the Philippines (Sabong Arena)

Friday night and Sunday every week, a day that the many Philippines don’t make an appointment but meet, gather in the chicken arena to indulge in passion with dozens of chicken fights. In the Philippines, there are 6 main sports: basketball, boxing, tennis, billiards, volleyball, and soccer. However, the “national” sport here comes from the “underworld”. It was cockfighting/cockpit, the local name is Sabong / cockfighting. The number of chicken stadiums is over 2,500 scattered throughout the Philippines. Inside the Pasay City Cockpit, one of the dozens of large chicken schools in Manila, Philippines. The ticket price to see a day of competition here is 700 pesos (about 320,000 VND) on the floor, while the bottom is a VIP chair, for patrons or who have booked in advance, priced 1000 pesos. In the Philippines, cockfighting /sabong (rooster/gallos finos) and betting are allowed in registered places. The sport is like the country’s billion-dollar industry. What is very different from the countries that allow legal chicken fights in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Guam Island. Fighting fowl in the Philippines are mounted with fake spurs like blades, a big difference from many parts of the world. In the Philippines called TARI. As in boxing, chickens also use colored bands to distinguish, Wara (Red) or Meron (White). The minimum bet for a chicken match is 500 pesos. The average of these matches is about 3000 pesos/game. The highest known bet at the Pasay City Cockpit is 500,000 pesos per game. Beautiful moves always received the praise and admiration of about 2,000 people present at the chicken school that day. https://thakemetalwires.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/04/16_ga_choi-ga_-sabong_sabong-cockfighting_da-ga-philippines_da-ga-dao_boi-ga_bu-ga_long-ga_boi-ga-kem-ma_-boi-ga-inox-2.jpg SABONG FIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING: ADMIRE THE BEAUTY OF THE 6,000-YEAR-OLD “NATIONAL” SPORT IN THE PHILIPPINES Home /Sabong/Sabong fighting and cockfighting:... THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi 21/07/2020 thakemetalwire Sabong Sabong fighting and cockfighting: Admire the beauty of the 6,000-year-old “national” sport in the Philippines Friday night and Sunday every week, a day that the many Philippines don’t make an appointment but meet, gather in the chicken arena to indulge in passion with dozens of chicken fights. THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi In the Philippines, there are 6 main sports: basketball, boxing, tennis, billiards, volleyball, and soccer. However, the “national” sport here comes from the “underworld”. It was cockfighting/cockpit, the local name is Sabong / cockfighting. The number of chicken stadiums is over 2,500 scattered throughout the Philippines. THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi Inside the Pasay City Cockpit, one of the dozens of large chicken schools in Manila, Philippines. The ticket price to see a day of competition here is 700 pesos (about 320,000 VND) on the floor, while the bottom is a VIP chair, for patrons or who have booked in advance, priced 1000 pesos. THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi In the Philippines, cockfighting /sabong (rooster/gallos finos) and betting are allowed in registered places. The sport is like the country’s billion-dollar industry. What is very different from the countries that allow legal chicken fights in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Guam Island. THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi Fighting fowl in the Philippines are mounted with fake spurs like blades, a big difference from many parts of the world. In the Philippines called TARI. THAKE-boi-up-ga-da-bu-up-ga-choi-boi-ga-sat-boi-ga-kim-loai-long-ga-choi-boi-ga-kem-ma-mua-bu-up-ga-choi-ban-bu-up-ga-choi As in boxing, chickens also use colored bands to distinguish, Wara (Red) or Meron (White). The minimum bet for a chicken match is 500 pesos. The average of these matches is about 3000 pesos/game. The highest known bet at the Pasay City Cockpit is 500,000 pesos per game. Beautiful moves always received the praise and admiration of about 2,000 people present at the chicken school that day. The negotiations took place very quickly, with a series of hand signals. If you are a “newbie” then you need a man to wear orange shirts, the bet-taker of the guide. If the customer wins, they will receive a “commission” of 10% of the money. Currently at the Pasay City Cockpit is organizing the tournament, with a total prize of 70 million pesos (about 32 billion), in which the champion receives 30 million pesos, the runner-up receives 2.5 million pesos and the rest rewards according to the point. The “cockfighting season” in the Philippines will in even years, because it is the time of the World Slasher Cup World Championship – every two years at the Smart Araneta Coliseum (Manila), with a capacity of 25,000 seats. , and is the desire of all components involved in chicken fights in the Philippines