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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Ubud: Scooter ride to see herons; cock fightingWe took a scooter ride this evening through the rice paddies and through the village where the herons (white birds) fly to nest at sunset. We saw a half-built statue that is probably intended to be cremated in a ceremony. The rice paddies were beautiful, as usual.Groups of men squatted on the side of the road chatting and comparing roosters. Each man held the bird between his legs and stroked the rooster's neck. Every once in a while, they would hold a pair of roosters face to face and watch them ruffle their feathers. Judging from the number of these gatherings, cock fighting is popular in Bali. It looks like a man's pastime. I've never seen a woman holding a fighting rooster.
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Li, I can't wait for you to post photos to your blog. The photos of the rice paddies must be amazingly beautiful. I wonder if you have a photo of a rice paddy at sunset or sunrise.
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Did you get a photo of the cock fighting? Did you slow down to watch? What type of rooster? Crevecoeur? Faverolles? White Dorking? This site should help with the identification: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/ # posted by
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