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Bull figthing in Mexico (MEXICO)
Some may find bull-fighting violent and cruel, and let us tell you it can be quite sad at the end of the corrida to see how the proud and powerful bull transforms into a wounded, weak animal after the many strikes he receives during the bull fight. However, even though the bull loses its strength, weakens down because of he mortal wounds, let us tell you that it does not surrender and fights in a dignified way all through until it dies…….
It was a Sunday afternoon that we decided to go and see a Mexican bull fight in the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City. The high season for bull fights in Mexico begins in late October and continues through early spring.
Even though the bull is in deeper trouble, before the bull fight, the matadors kneel in the arena chapels and pray to La Virgen de la Macarena (Virgin of Macarena) to protect them.
When we arrived at the arena, we noticed and enthusiastic crowd cheering at the toreros and matadores that salute them before the corrida starts.
What is a bull fight about?
At the appointed time, generally five o'clock, the three matadors, each followed by their assistants, the banderilleros and the picadors, march into the ring to the accompaniment of traditional paso doble ("march rhythm") music. The matadors are the stars of the show. They wear a distinctive costume, consisting of a silk jacket heavily embroidered in gold, skintight pants, and a montera (a bicorne hat). A traje de luces ("suit of lights"), as it is known, can cost several thousand dollars; a top matador must have at least six of them a season.
Six bulls, to be killed by three matadors, are usually required for one afternoon's corrida, and each encounter lasts about 15 minutes.
When a bull first comes into the arena out of the toril, or bull pen gate, the matador greets it with a series of maneuvers, or passes, with a large cape; these passes are usually verónicas, the basic cape maneuver.
The amount of applause the matador receives is based on his proximity to the horns of the bull, his tranquility in the face of danger, and his grace in swinging the cape in front of an infuriated animal weighing more than 460 kg (more than 1000 lb). The bull instinctively goes for the cloth because it is a large, moving target, not because of its color; bulls are color-blind and charge just as readily at the inside of the cape, which is yellow.Fighting bulls charge instantly at anything that moves because of their natural instinct and centuries of special breeding
The second part of the corrida consists of the work of the picadors, bearing lances and mounted on horses (padded in compliance with a ruling passed in 1930 and therefore rarely injured). The picadors wear flat-brimmed, beige felt hats called castoreños, silver-embroidered jackets, chamois trousers, and steel leg armor. After three lancings or less, depending on the judgment of the president of the corrida for that day, a trumpet blows, and the banderilleros, working on foot, advance to place their banderillas (brightly adorned, barbed sticks) in the bull's shoulders in order to lower its head for the eventual kill. They wear costumes similar to those of their matadors but their jackets and pants are embroidered in silver.
In every bull fight where man fights beast , respect is never lost amongst adversaries. Each adversary, be it the matador or the bull, fights with dignity untill the end…But the end is always the same… The bull dies...
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