Well, like everydays I am going to write another piece of information in my blog. I will be satisfied if this information help you to know more about one of the most important spectacle in Spain.

Andalusia is the best promoter of this spectacle. There are bullrings in all the region. The oldest one is located in Ronda and one of the most important one is located in Seville. Some people don't know about the importance of a bullring. It is very easy to explain. The importance of a bullring depends on many factors: the quality of the buildind (materials, structures, seats, rows...); but the most important one is the requirements of the people.

Andalusia is well known because they support this spectacle, they know a lot of it and one of the most important bullrings in Spain is located in the capital of Andalusia. The bullring is called "Real Maestranza".

Yesterday, I was talking about the first date in a bullfighter life. The most important dream of them is to triumph in the "Real Maestranza" or in "las Ventas", located in Madrid. From that date from the rest of their life they are going to be remembered and evaluated as a good bullfighter. That means that they have to defend themselves of the criticism of the people doing it well each time they do their job.

The managers of the bullrings want the best bulls for their spectacles so in these bullrings the bullfighters usually have to be more concentrated than in others, although they are always playing with their lifes.

Today I am going to talk about the most important date in a bullfighter's life.

Before being a bullfighter they have to reach some goals. They have to prepared themselves to fight with the beast. They usually have trainers who help them to overcome all the obstacles that they must jump in the way to be a great bullfighter. They need some skills as mind force, being fit and so on.

A novice bullfighter is called a novillero and they don't fight in the spectacle, only in a "novillada" with young bulls called (novillos). Novices don't dress with the light suit. In Andalusia the dress clothes consist in a black outfit of short waistcoat, tight fitting trousers, high heeled boots and a broad black hat.

Young bullfighters often take chances in their eagerness to please and be recognised. Most novices learn their trade in bullfighting schools such as the Royal School of Bullfighting in Seville. To join the senior ranks and become a fully-fledged "matador de toros", a novice must take his "alternativa" (which is their first date in a real bullring), a bullfighter cedes the tools of the trade (the cape and sword) to the novice, thus giving him the right to kill fully grown bulls. it is like a ritual and this is one of the most important day in a bullfighter's life. they will remember that date all their life.

Hello Everybody,

I wrote last week some coments about the topic "the Spanish Bullfighting: a murder or a traditional event" and now, after looking for and reading some blogs I notice that it was impossible to read it because it wasn't interesting. Now, I am going to make some changes.

Introduction and development of the spectacle:

The Bullfighting is one of the most ancient event in Spain. Bullfights were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed. The Moors from North Africa who overran Andalusia in AD 711 changed bullfighting significantly from the brutish, formless spectacle practised by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls.

In 1726, a well known bullfighter discover some tools to make this event less brutal and more enjoyable. Francisco Romero introduced the "estoque" (the sword) and the "muleta" which is the small cape that the bullfighter use at the end of the spectacle.

The spectacle consist in many stages. This is what I am going to explain.

Six bulls are going to fight with three bullfighters. Three matadors, each followed by their assistants, the "banderilleros" (the ones who helps the bullfighter) and the picadors. The matadors are the stars of the show. They wear a distinctive costume, consisting of a silk jacket heavily embroidered in gold, skintight trousers, and a montera (a bicorne hat), its called "light suit". When a bull first comes into the arena out of the bull pen gate, the matador greets it with a series of manoeuvres, with a large cape; these passes are usually "verónicas", the basic cape manoeuvre (named after the woman who held out a cloth to Christ on his way to the crucifixion).

The amount of applause the matador receives is based on his proximity to the horns of the bull, his tranquillity in the face of danger, and his grace in swinging the cape in front of an infuriated animal weighing more than 460 kg (1,000 lb). The bull instinctively goes for the cloth because it is a large, moving target, not because of its colour; bulls are colour-blind and charge just as readily at the inside of the cape, which is yellow.

Those animals selected for the event are allowed to live a year longer than those assigned to the slaughterhouse. Bulls to be fought by novilleros (beginners) are supposed to be three years old and those fought by full matadors are supposed to be at least four.

At the end of the spectacle, the bullfighter kill the bull with his sword. It is like the last facing up!!! In some seconds, both of them can die that´s why people like it very much.

After everyone doing their job, the bull die and the matadors are the winners of the fight. In some cases, the bullfighter die in the sand of the bullring. the spectacle is incredible, the man against the beast, the strentgh versus the intelligence. Its like a fight against someone much more stronger than you.

"Las Ventas" (Madrid) and "La Maestranza" (Sevilla) are the most important bullrings in Spain. The goal of the bullfighter is killing the bull, but it is not enough, they have to kill them in a beatiful way, many and elegant passes and a perfect manoeuvre of the sword. There are three prizes: the ear of the bull, reach two ears or reach the two ears and the tail of the bull. In Madrid and Sevilla is very difficult because the public is very hard and demand many things to reach their objectives.

After a brief explanation of the event I would like to ask you about what do you think about it and your feelings. For many people it is not considered a sport, only a good way to enjoy the people. What do you think?

have a good day everybody!!!!

START!!!!

Before I did a short introduction about the topic.

As I said before there are many opinions about it. the spanish bullfighting is well known all over the world and some people like it very much. but there are others that consider this "event" as a murder. what do you think about this fact? i think that people like it very much because is very dangerous and the bullfighter can die if they do something wrong!!I think that winning or losing depends on you that's why it's a very exciting event. what's your opinion about this traditional event? is it a murder? is it a sport? What is it for you?

welcome to the spanish bullfighting blog

Hi everybody,

The title of my blog is: spanish bullfighting: murder or traditional event. the bullfighting is one of the most popular event in Spain. there are many opinions about it. These are some of the opinions of the people: murder, traditional event, job, sport and so on. what i want is to open a discussion about it. If you don't know anything about this topic tell me!!