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    Cockfighting, or "sabong", is a traditional Filipino pastime and form of gambling where roosters are bet on and made to fight. While it originated in Southeast Asia, cockfighting was first recorded when Magellan visited the Philippines. It remains legal in the Philippines as long as it occurs in a licensed venue. This study seeks to understand what drives people's involvement in cockfighting by observing matches and interviewing enthusiasts, as the researchers currently have little knowledge of the activity. The challenges include age restrictions on participation as minors and inexperience with cockfighting practices. Insights hope to explain why people continue the tradition despite seeing the roosters as pets, and the impact of the pandemic.

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    Cockfighting, or "sabong", is a traditional Filipino pastime and form of gambling where roosters are bet on and made to fight. While it originated in Southeast Asia, cockfighting was first recorded when Magellan visited the Philippines. It remains legal in the Philippines as long as it occurs in a licensed venue. This study seeks to understand what drives people's involvement in cockfighting by observing matches and interviewing enthusiasts, as the researchers currently have little knowledge of the activity. The challenges include age restrictions on participation as minors and inexperience with cockfighting practices. Insights hope to explain why people continue the tradition despite seeing the roosters as pets, and the impact of the pandemic.

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    Cockfighting, or "sabong", is a traditional Filipino pastime and form of gambling where roosters are bet on and made to fight. While it originated in Southeast Asia, cockfighting was first recorded when Magellan visited the Philippines. It remains legal in the Philippines as long as it occurs in a licensed venue. This study seeks to understand what drives people's involvement in cockfighting by observing matches and interviewing enthusiasts, as the researchers currently have little knowledge of the activity. The challenges include age restrictions on participation as minors and inexperience with cockfighting practices. Insights hope to explain why people continue the tradition despite seeing the roosters as pets, and the impact of the pandemic.

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    Cockfighting, or "sabong", is a traditional Filipino pastime and form of gambling where roosters are bet on and made to fight. While it originated in Southeast Asia, cockfighting was first recorded when Magellan visited the Philippines. It remains legal in the Philippines as long as it occurs in a licensed venue. This study seeks to understand what drives people's involvement in cockfighting by observing matches and interviewing enthusiasts, as the researchers currently have little knowledge of the activity. The challenges include age restrictions on participation as minors and inexperience with cockfighting practices. Insights hope to explain why people continue the tradition despite seeing the roosters as pets, and the impact of the pandemic.

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    Sabong: A Qualitative Study on an Age-old Filipino Gambling Tradition in Baybay,

    Leyte

    Cockfighting or “Sabong” as the locals would call it, is an age-old Filipino gambling
    tradition. This tradition however, did not originate in the Philippines, although experts
    believe that the origin of this pastime activity originated somewhere in Southeast Asia.
    The tradition’s history dates back to classical Greece wherein it was used as a stimulant
    before battle. Nowadays, it is a common Filipino pastime and tradition, although not
    unique to the Philippines, the Philippines have made it culturally acceptable as a tradition
    to gamble on cockfighting. Cockfighting was first recorded in the Philippines during
    Magellan’s Voyage of Discovery of the Philippines, this “old” cockfighting recorded is not
    far from modern, Filipino cockfighting, the only difference between modern and old
    cockfighting is the amount of supplements that new roosters take. Since cockfighting has
    been embraced as a tradition in the Philippines, it remains legal in accordance of the law
    however, cockfighting is still considered as gambling and must be regulated at all times,
    all cockfighting activities must be held in a registered, licensed venue or else it will be
    considered as illegal.
    As this research has only begun its venture, we are still unable to observe what
    actually goes on inside a cockfighting pit. What we have observed however, is the
    limitations that the topic of this study may bring. Cockfighting is not an everyday event,
    this will prove to be a challenge as different cockfighting venues have different schedules
    and events based on the basic information that we have. Age restriction is one of the
    biggest hurdles that we will have to face, as cockfighting, although a tradition, is still
    gambling, we as the researchers of this study are minors and thus underaged, getting
    inside a cockfighting pit, let alone being able to create a connection with the “Sabong”
    Community. With the age-restriction in mind, if we are able to enter the venue, we would
    not be able to participate in the gambling itself as minors, as qualitative researchers, we
    are limited to observing the activity taking place. Lastly, and most important of all, this will
    be a new experience for us researchers as all four us have little to no knowledge on the
    principles, rules, and ins-and-outs of cockfighting.
    This study will help us to understand what drives people to engage in cockfights
    or "sabong". It will also answer why these people still continue to participate despite the
    gaming cocks being raised as if they were a social companion or pet. We seek to learn
    how “sabong” enthusiasts manifested this maladaptive behavior towards cockfight
    gambling, as well as the lived experiences of cockpit gamblers whose concern is to avoid
    impairment in their personal lives. This will also include learning about cockfighting rules,
    regulations, and how this tradition is properly executed. After all of this, we will look into
    the effect of post pandemic on this tradition.

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