A tradition in Martinique, cock fights, while not to the taste of everyone, are nonetheless popular and fervently attended by enthusiasts and betters alike. Pitt Cléry is also the venue of snake and mongoose fights. However, the betting, music, dancing and shouting nonetheless exert a certain attraction. The rules are, for their part, obscure to the extreme to the uninitiated, who is also invariably astounded by the astronomical amounts at stake.