2004

A royal decree permits cordyceps harvesting by one person per family of yak herders (whose animals traditionally graze in meadows where the fungus is present)

}Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Genus: Gallus Reproduction: Mating and egg-laying Life Span: 30 years in captivity Location: India, China, Southeast Asia Behaviour: Using sharp leg spurs, males battle

to the death over territory About 5000 BCE

ȑȑthe red junglefowl is domesticated in Asia

10th century

ȑȑtabuh rah practices are noted on inscriptions in Batur and Batuan in Bali

12th century

ȑȑcarvings in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, show cockfights being held

20th century

ȑȑamerican anthropologist Clifford Geertz publishes “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight” ȑȑcockfighting is banned in most countries. In Bali, it is allowed for religious ceremonies, but illegal fights are widespread