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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoAre you sure that’s the main reason? It’s seems like cock fighting is pretty niche or outside of the mainstream. At least today. Though I don’t know the history of this, but in older mainstream art and literature it is also not really prominent.
minus-squareShareni@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s niche/illegal nowadays, but we’re talking about a very old tradition in SEA that was spread to Europe by the Romans. https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/chickens-were-initially-domesticated-for-cockfighting-not-food/
Are you sure that’s the main reason? It’s seems like cock fighting is pretty niche or outside of the mainstream. At least today. Though I don’t know the history of this, but in older mainstream art and literature it is also not really prominent.
It’s niche/illegal nowadays, but we’re talking about a very old tradition in SEA that was spread to Europe by the Romans.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/chickens-were-initially-domesticated-for-cockfighting-not-food/