n.1 cm.101x152
semi-gloss on canvas
The Cockfight is still practiced in Las Galeras.
It is known as the sport of "caballeros" (gentlemen), because you bet with another person, but only verbally, small or large sums of money. A challenge without having to sign any documents, working only on the word of honor.
After the fight, the loser, "very caballero", pay the winner!
For many, cockfighting should be abolished, because they impose a cruel and violent death of innocent animals and are morally harmful to the many children they serve.
The farmers, in response, usually claim that their business is an art, and that the animals are treated like royalty until they drop in combat.
In many states, these fights are illegal. But in most of Central America, as in Santo Domingo, is a tradition too ingrained to disappear.
In Las Galeras is a "Gallera", the arena of the Gauls, where the fights are held every Thursday, from early afternoon onwards. Next to the Gallera, there is a disco that goes with his music bets, and where there is intensive family members of gamblers, dancing and drinking rum.
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