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Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cock-fight

In his essay, “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight” Clifford Geertz expresses the idea of how a specific procedure such as cockfighting can help further understand the culture of a group of people. The Balinese society respects and honors the cocks, in which they are a symbolic representation of masculinity. While these cocks are honored and loved, this society shows hatred towards animals. This reflects the intricate connections of this culture and its social relationships. Geertz states that the cockfight is not about the money. Betting, in the Balinese society, reflects wealth, status, prestige, honor, and relationships. Money has no matter in this society. No one’s status changes as a result of a cockfight. The cockfight is a metaphor and it displays social conflicts and tension. It transfers the selves of the men involved into their cocks, lending a sense of gravity to the fights. Geertz is trying to bring out the important differences and observations he makes with the Balinese society. However, what Geertz is not trying to define this culture through text: “to put the matter this way is to engage in a bit of metaphorical refocusing of one’s own, for it shifts…what does one learn about such principles from examining culture as an assemblage of texts?” (Geertz, 448). He questions various actions of these Balinese people, but does not bother to answer it. This is because he never started out in this culture to actually know and understand what is going on. Instead, he leaves us with the question and notes of what he observed. This leads us to the bigger question: why do people act in certain ways when people across the world act in another? It allows us to question our society in which we live in. If the Balinese people are able to survive without having the greed for money, can we?