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They?ve Banned the Bulls At Barcelona. By Barry Pittard
2011-09-28 02:42:00 I have been working on this song - words and music - since yesterday. It sprang from seeing the news reports about the banning of bullfighting in Barcelona, Spain. The incident recalled a repeated discovery of prominent figures in confronting the Sathya Sai Organization. Namely, that when you fight a hard cause, you essentially have to fight it pretty well alone. The crowds may cheer or give thumbs down. But one has to focus on the proper work, and not the pro or anti roars of crowds. And of the disappearance of many people from whom one might have wished to see better. Whether one believes in bullfighting or this or that cause or not, the true pain and joy, those great inseparables, is in the deed, and facing it no less than the worthy matador or bull. Those who dare are too few, and would dare regularly if only they knew the sheer satisfaction of making a stand. My supposition is that the prime activists in the fight for animal rights have far more in common with the matadors t...
May 17, barcelona against bullfighting
2007-05-17 08:59:00 Barcelona against bullfighting. Barcelona has taken the unprecedented decision to ban bullfighting. Bullfighting the cultural pastime of Spain, banned in Barcelona
May 15, history of bullfighting, origins of bullfighting in spain
2007-05-15 11:40:00 The history of bullfighting in Spain.Bullfighting maybe a controversial sport but it is undeniably a major part of Spanish life and deserves to be regarded and understood as such.
Bullfighting in dock after 14-year-old matador is badly gored
2007-04-19 08:52:00 The life of a teenage matador, once billed as the youngest in the world, was in the balance yesterday after he was badly gored by a bull in Mexico. Jairo Miguel, a 14-year-old Spaniard who reportedly earns hundreds of thousands of pounds performing in Mexico, was thrown into the air by the bull while attempting a risky manoeuvre in front of 2,000 spectators. Jairo has performed in Portugal, Colombia and Mexico because he is too young to take part in Spain, where the minimum age for matadors is 16. ?It was a very deep goring that penetrated his thorax,? said Carlos Hernández, a medical official linked to the bullfight?s organisers. ?The horn penetrated his lung and passed very close to his heart.? The boy is currently on a respirator in an intensive care unit, as doctors try to repair his torn lung.
By: Attuworld
Famous Bullfighting
2007-03-29 06:03:00 Nestled together on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal and Spain may share this arm of West Europe, but they are vastly different countries and cultures. While on the surface Portuguese and Spanish culture and language appear similar, close examination reveals the subtle and important differences. One example is bullfighting, a controversial and well-entrenched part of both cultures. Most people outside of these countries are more familiar with the Spanish-style of bullfighting, with the brave and mighty matador using his capa (red cape) and angling to slay the toro bravo (fighting bull) with a sword at the end of the toreo. In contrast, the cavaleiro (horseman) is the star of Portuguese bullfighting, opening the show with a spectacular display of dexterity and skill on horseback as he angles to simultaneously place four banderillas (which resemble short spears) in the bull?s neck and dodge the aggravated bull. The Portuguese bandarilheiros, like the Spanish matadors, maneuver their sk... |
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