[Leica] IMGS: Vietnam

[Tina Manley]

They still have cockfights in South Carolina.  They are illegal but they
happen all the time.  There are many farms with individual little tent-like
coops for each rooster.  They have dog fights, too, but I think the
cockfights are more popular.

Tina

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 7:04 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Don, you may have never encountered cock fighting.  When I was about 12
> yrs old, in the early 1940s, I lived near an elderly gentleman who had
> been interested in that in his younger days.  He explained it to me and
> showed me some of the specialized gear involved.  If you will take a
> close look at Tina's Champion rooster, you will note that the spurs on
> the inside of the ankles have been surgically cut, leaving blunt stubs.
> During training, the stubs are covered with small, round pads that look
> like little boxing gloves.  During actual fights, gaffs, made of
> surgical steel, are attached to these stubs.  Her Champion is actually
> the survivor.  Yes, there is money to be made, but it is from bets on
> the outcome of the matches.
>
> On 7/12/20 5:13 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > Wonderful ethnography catching someone dressing up their rooster with red
> > dye.  That should result in some sales somewhere.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 3:59 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> PESO:
> >>
> >> I thought I'd better post a few before I get too far behind.  We left
> Laos
> >> for Vietnam, spent a couple of days in Saigon, and then got on a boat to
> >> travel the Mekong River back to Laos.  It was great fun and we stopped
> at
> >> many villages along the way.  Here are the first of the photos:
> >>
> >> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170867519
> >>
> >> And hit previous until you get back to Laos.
> >>
> >> We are working outside every day until the temperature hits 90 and then
> >> we're inside at our computers.  We haven't left the farm at all.  South
> >> Carolina is not a safe place!  You'll see that almost everybody in Asia
> was
> >> wearing masks back in February.  Most people here still don't wear masks
> >> and look at you like you're crazy if you do, but we do!
> >>
> >> C&C greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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