On Sunday I went to my first bull fights in Spain. There is a big plaza Madrid and some other Americans and I went and bought tickets there the day of. There wasn’t a ton of people in the plaza but enough. They bull fights actually have strict rules and procedures that they go by. There are normally six bulls killed by three different toreros. It was pretty gruesome but something I wanted to see at least once. While it is a cultural event I have some friends at my school who hate them and I also those who like them. In either case I am glad that I was able to see one.
Posted on March 30th, 2009 | filed under Uncategorized | Trackback |
What kinds of rules and regs? Is it still a cultural event or purely for tourists? Nice pic with you hanging from the horns, that’s funny.
It is still definitely a cultural event, although it brings many tourists. The rules are like the order of the fight. The bull comes out into the ring, is tired out by being ran around the ring, then stabbed a few times in the back, and then the torero comes and plays with it and eventually kills it.