Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2005): January 2005

Javanese Cockfighting : Significance and value

Boedhihartono Boedhihartono (Department of Anthropology: Faculo of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2005

Abstract

This article explained the Javanese cockfighting and their significance and value. Generally, the Javanese classify the chickens according to their feature and function, each feature has a symbolical significance according to its function. In this article also discussed about the fowl, status attributes and belief, selection, breeding and preparation of fighting cocks, and cockfighting, matches, role, and regulation and cultural significance of the practice and significance of cockfighting to germ-plasm conservation. The practice of the cockfighting of the society has a great significance to the effort of maintaining the genetic variability of indigenous fowls. It motivates people with limited settlement space to actively participate in breeding different varieties of fowl and it gives opportunity to the common with a limited capital to earn extra money from breeding only a limited number of cocks. After all, the cockfighting and all its other correlating activities are forming a unity which is consciously developed by the Javanese and merit to be regarded as an art and becoming a part of the sophistication of the fowl domestication.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jte

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

The journal publishes critical reviews, original research papers, short communications, notes and comments covering all aspects of ethnobiology. Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology readership is as wide and diverse as ethnobiology itself, with readers spanning from both the natural and social sciences. ...