Samson art and combat

(2017)

★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2017

Runtime: 26 мин

Country: French Polynesia

Director: Jonathan Bougard, Jean-Philippe Joaquim

Cast: Samson Teamotuaitau, Hereia Lenoir, Jean Guiart

Plot

Portrait of Sanson, a young Tahitian artist passionate about roosters. Cockfighting was introduced to Polynesia by early Chinese immigrants. It took place everywhere, on all the islands. Wherever there was a Chinese trader he organized a cockfight, to the extent that he had fighting cocks. But this is not a particularly Chinese cultural trait. It doesn't come from China. Cockfighting is extremely old in the Mediterranean and throughout southern Asia, and in particular the Philippines where it was very organized.