DAMANG: When Spiders Take the Stick..

Have you ever seen a cockfight? Well, if you have, I am sure you would no longer be surprised to see men taking care of roosters for this special purpose. Here in our village however, I have noticed a really unique game-fight that is not done by cocks but by spiders. Yes, spider fighting is done but no longer by kids.

Young men, college graduates and even middle aged men do the fighting and the funny thing is that, they are like children when they enjoy this unusual sport. Spider fighting is not at all new, as I had been playing with spiders with my male friends back in the days when I was yet conscious that I was a girl and not a boy, lol.. I remember going with my classmates after class and seek spiders in the trees and the bushes. We would capture them and place them in matchboxes that have compartments. I wouldn't have them spiders fight on a stick, but I always watched and I remember being fascinated by  the action, lol...  I was I think 5-6 years old back at the Camp Alagar Kindergarten established for sons and daughters of active servicemen at camp. It was not until Gwendolyn, the daughter of my mom's best friend studied there too that I have a change of friends to go hang around with.

Anyway, in some parts of the country, Spider fighting also exists. Only, the system of the fight is different. But the rules I guess are the same. It's fight to the death of one's spider. The spider that dies is of course the loser. See the photo at the above? That's actually 2 spiders that just fought and the other one that has lost, has already been captured by the winning spider by enveloping the other with its web..

To imagine things clearly, watch this video I found online as I searched for spider fighting.

With spider fights in the Philippines, the process follows that:

1. It's a spider fight on a stick, if one's spider falls 3 times, it loses;
2. If one's spider chicken's out and goes the other way instead of going forward to meet the opponent, then it is disqualified;
3. If one's spider gets eaten by the opponent, of course it loses;
4. If one's spider loses a leg during the fight, the owner can not call for a break or to stop the game.  However, the spider has to be dead and not just lose a leg to be declared a loser;
5. Betting and Pot money applies as reflective of gambling. Betting by the people watching will go for as low as P 5.00 and would rise up to P 20- P 100, while pot money is total money of the two players which ranges from P 500 to P 2000 pesos.

Well, I hope that the info here is helpful enough for you.

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Honoring All Veterans..

This was what Debbie sent me today. I am quite touched with her email as both my grandfathers were Philippine Veterans who died without even enjoying any respect or given credit for their heroism during the war.. And though Memorial Day is a day for honoring US Veterans, I think it matters not which country  veterans serve, whatever nationality, I have observed that it is a universal thing that veterans are the ones who  are more patriotic but are less given the credit.. so I am sharing this here. Hope all of us give honor and respect to them while they are still alive----

Hi---

Hope you enjoyed your family and had a great Bar-B-Q -- we sure had a great weekend.  In celebrating, we want to remember the fallen military -- who have given us the freedoms we so easily enjoy.  This poem was written by 

It is the 
VETERAN,
 not the preacher,
 who has given us freedom of religion. 

It is
the VETERAN,
 not the reporter,
  who has given us freedom of the press.

It is
the VETERAN,
 not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
   
It is
the VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

    
It is
the VETERAN,
 not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.


 
It is
the VETERAN,
 not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

 
 
 
It is the
VETERAN who
salutes the Flag, 

  It is
the
VETERAN
who serves
under the Flag,

 

Eternal Rest Grant Them O Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

*****

A BIG Thank You from the Wysocki Family to all those men and women who have served and currently serve in  the military -- especially to my brother (ex Navy -- Now catching Bad Guys for the Feds), and my Sister and and Brother-in-Law, bother Master Sargents in the Air Force

Remember,
How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything.
Debbie
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Debbie@WomenWithDreams.com
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