Sounds barbaric, I guess, and I'm not really into animals fighting, though the International Herald Tribune had an article about it a little while ago that brought up a point my dumb ass never thought of before:
[A rancher-trainer] dismissed concerns that the pastime's revival might attract charges of animal abuse.
"All male herd animals fight each other for reproduction," he said. "This is not about man conquering nature, as in Spanish bullfighting. We are simply observing nature in action."
There are a few other places in Korea to see bullfighting: Uiryeong county and Jinju, the latter having a Bullfighting Cyber Theme Park.
Speaking of festivals about animals, there's a horse festival in Jeju every year. It's about celebrating the beauty of one of Korea's natural treasures.
Maybe.
From a Korean-language article on Jeju horse fights, 사랑싸움대회, a contest in which males fight over a female.
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Not sure I'd be up for much Korean bullfighting either, but Cheongdo itself is a cute little town and I recommend the Persimmon Winery to anyone looking for a nice day trip to the countryside.
Cockfighting--we are simply observing nature against nature, too.
REALLY YOU THINK COCKFIGHTING IS observing nature against nature . The tie knives to them . Thant has nothing to do with nature . And putting two animals in a ring knowing they are going to fight till the end really has nothing to do with nature in nature they have somewhere to run .
Anyone know what these articles are saying about Jeju-do horses. Is there some sort of festival for it too?
They have a horse festival in Jeju each fall, and the fight is a part of it.
They also hold horse fights at the Daeborum Fire Festival. See here, for example. Probably other places, too, down there but I'll have to look later when I'm not at work.
Therese--you are an idiot. Everyone knows that cockfighting is immoral. My comment on the nature argument is in reference to the text that argues animal fighting is ok because it is natural.
Here's an article from last year about how the bullfightin festival almost got banned.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2888523
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