Cockfights In the Thailand

In the Thailand, it was said cockfighting was already popular by the time the establishment of Ayutthaya as the capital of the Thai Kingdom in A.D.1350. It was recorded that in 1562, When Crown Prince Naresuan was seven years of age, he was taken captive by the Burmese to ensure the fidelity of his father, who was already a prominent prince, as the Ayutthaya Kingdom was under Burmese occupation. During his stay in Burma, Crown Prince Naresuan was highly trained by the Burmese King Bayinnaung (Thai language: Burinnaung or Burengnong) in martial arts, literature and military strategies, and was reared as one of the princes in the Burmese Palace. After spending nine years of his youth at Pegu under the protection of the Burmese king, Naresuan like watching cockfights when stay in Burma.

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