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#22 - Answer to the #2 WTF Contest, AND Contest #3

Perhaps the strict rules dissuaded more participants, but there were NO correct answers to this contest.
This is the item, separated from the stack of new ones that were previously shown for sale in a local Cambodian shop....



These are indeed chicken cages, but not for ordinary chickens.....
Kate B. was very close, but in Cambodia you tie up your chicken that are for sale to a rock, like this...


Chickens, for sale in local market..note that all are tied up with 
twine to rocks so they don’t wander off.


No, these cages, at least in Vietnam & Cambodia, are for use as cages for your Fighting Cocks.....


Cock fighting remains illegal in Cambodia, but is still pretty widespread, especially in the villages in the countryside....where it is a source of sport and something to wager upon. Bread and circuses, you know....


So, a good cock is appreciated, and well cared for.....
A family with many cocks......

Here is Tri, inspecting a local fighting cock on the island we visited....he seemed a bit too familiar with the sport and the things to look for in a fighting cock.
......it’s just like handicapping horses......


There are 5 rounds, the roosters fight to the death ( or until one runs away) and there is always gambling on the outcome.


Thanks for playing WTF......

>>>>>>Let’s go right to WTF #3.....
This will be easy.
This is a factory for an indispensable item in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam..
Here is what it looks like. Tell me what it is and how it is used.
Same prize as last time....same rules - first correct answer wins dinnner with us.

Good luck:




Steve

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  1. UnknownDecember 17, 2017 at 11:50:00 AM EST

    I should have played because I knew they were chicken cages as I have been to Asia and seen them. Oh well, I lost out. :-( LOL.

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