" Tajen " Balinese Culture

cock fighting gambling

Tajen is Balinese word for cock fighting gambling. Seen from the language the birth of tajen inspired would have been written around 18th century. This manuscript is called " Pengayam-ayaman"
or simply means the consultant for bebotohs to foresee what cock will be the winner on certain day of the tajen, what color of the cock will be the winner, and at what direction the cock should be provocated for the first time on the battle field. The manuscript claims to be able to give clues to the cock that will win the battle.
Tajen was developed from a small number of men gathering at the village temple during the ritual provocating their cocks to fight each other until one or either were dead or one gives up armed with sharp two sided knife tied at the leg of the cock involved in fighting. Both cocks will injure each other, even kills one or both. The gambler who use the money for betting at the cock fighting is called Bebotohs.

Tajen

One of Hinduism ceremony in Bali that called " macaru " was needed some tabuhs such as alcohol of coconut ( tuak ), alcohol of rice ( brem ), and including essence of blood. Is Tajen way to suply the blood for ritual ???????