…Considering the wide distribution of cockfighting events in Southeast Asia, it is possible that the motivation for the early domestication of chickens was to tame semi-wild, rural chickens and have them fight for fun, although of course they were hunted for meat. By the way, cockfighting events were the sole entertainment of the native peoples of Malay, Java, and Sumatra, and they were so passionate about it that they risked all their money and even abandoned their wives and children. The special breeding and feeding methods for raising strong champions are said to be secret. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kake" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…東南アジアでの広い闘鶏競技の分布をも考えあわせると,もちろん狩って食肉用にするということもあったであろうが,むしろ半野生的な里づき鶏を飼いならして闘鶏をさせて楽しむという動機が,鶏の家畜化の初期には働いていた可能性がある。 ところで,この闘鶏競技は,マレー,ジャワ,スマトラの原住民にとって遊びのすべてであり,そのために全財産をかけ,妻子さえも手離すほどに熱中するものであった。強いチャンピオンを作りあげるための特別の飼育法,食餌法は秘伝とされている。… ※「かけ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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