Cockfighting is no peaceful Sunday stroll through the chicken coop. It is a heart-pounding cultural spectacle where a spectator’s heart rate can rise almost as quickly as the stakes. Cockfighting, locally known as sabong, is far more than a strange relic of darker times in which animals were made to fight for human amusement. It…
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Let’s look beyond the familiar, into a parallel world that is part of everyday reality for many Filipinos but utterly baffling to those of us perfectly comfortable inhabiting just one reality at a time. In the Philippines, all kinds of supernatural beliefs are woven into daily life and culture. Some Filipinos will firmly deny believing…