Good Afternoon,
(welcome to the last place you will see alive bull)
Yesterday night I went to a bullfight! Sort of an unnecessary form of entertainment if you ask me, but don't since this isn't my culture.
*************************************************************************
This is copied from a website, and explains it all much better than I could:
"A Corrida starts with the paseillo, with everybody involved in the bullfight entering the ring and presenting himself to the public. Two Alguacilillos, on horse's back, direct themselves to the presidency and symbolically ask for the keys to the "puerta de los toriles". Behind that door there are the bulls.
With the door being opened and the first bull entering the ring the spectacle starts. It consists of three parts, called tercios, being separated by horn-signals. There are three toreros in each Corrida , by the way, and each will have to torear two bulls.
In the first tercio the bullfighter uses the capote, a quite large rag of purple and yellow color. Now enter two picadores, on horse's back and armed with a sort of lance.
The second part is la suerte de banderillas. Three banderilleros have to stick a pair of banderillas into the attacking bull's back.
In the final "suerte suprema" the bullfighter uses the muleta, a small red rag. He has to show his faena, his masterity to dominate the bull, and to establish an artistical symbiosis between man and beast. The Corrida ends with the torero killing the bull by his sword."
***************************************************************************
There were six bulls and three matadors: two bulls per man, and the first ones were not that good, but the last bull (he looked like the biggest, meanest, and smartest) was. Applauding and saying "Muy bien!" or "Bueno" is how the Spaniards show their approval. Whistling means that the bull sucks, or the matador sucks.
I only heard applauding and "bueno" on the last fight, nobody whistled. And the matador (only 25 years old-which is usual) won an ear.
Winning an ear or two from the bull is the same as "winning" a bullfight. In the Sevillan ring, it is extremely hard to do this because my city tends to ask a lot from the fighters. But the guy won one and I was happy I stayed for the last fight.
hasta pronto, corey
The horse and the picadores. The horse is blindfolded and padded because the bull rams into its side. Poor horse. But at least it is padded now; before the 40s or 50s, the horses were usually disembowled at this point. Stupid.
This was the last bull. The best by far. And the matador was so smooth.
Blindfolded mules carrying away the carcass. And the clean-up crew...
A picadores, the bull, and a banderillero. The bull has to stand inside the inner red ring, and the picadore and his horse stand on the outside of the outter ring. When the bull is positioned just so by the banderillero, the picadore gets the bull's attention and the bull rams the horse and the picadore stabs the bull.
The Colombian matador and the bull. Notice the sword in his hand. He is about to win his ear.
Victory lap with his ear.
*************************************************************************
This is copied from a website, and explains it all much better than I could:
"A Corrida starts with the paseillo, with everybody involved in the bullfight entering the ring and presenting himself to the public. Two Alguacilillos, on horse's back, direct themselves to the presidency and symbolically ask for the keys to the "puerta de los toriles". Behind that door there are the bulls.
With the door being opened and the first bull entering the ring the spectacle starts. It consists of three parts, called tercios, being separated by horn-signals. There are three toreros in each Corrida , by the way, and each will have to torear two bulls.
In the first tercio the bullfighter uses the capote, a quite large rag of purple and yellow color. Now enter two picadores, on horse's back and armed with a sort of lance.
The second part is la suerte de banderillas. Three banderilleros have to stick a pair of banderillas into the attacking bull's back.
In the final "suerte suprema" the bullfighter uses the muleta, a small red rag. He has to show his faena, his masterity to dominate the bull, and to establish an artistical symbiosis between man and beast. The Corrida ends with the torero killing the bull by his sword."
***************************************************************************
There were six bulls and three matadors: two bulls per man, and the first ones were not that good, but the last bull (he looked like the biggest, meanest, and smartest) was. Applauding and saying "Muy bien!" or "Bueno" is how the Spaniards show their approval. Whistling means that the bull sucks, or the matador sucks.
I only heard applauding and "bueno" on the last fight, nobody whistled. And the matador (only 25 years old-which is usual) won an ear.
Winning an ear or two from the bull is the same as "winning" a bullfight. In the Sevillan ring, it is extremely hard to do this because my city tends to ask a lot from the fighters. But the guy won one and I was happy I stayed for the last fight.
hasta pronto, corey
The horse and the picadores. The horse is blindfolded and padded because the bull rams into its side. Poor horse. But at least it is padded now; before the 40s or 50s, the horses were usually disembowled at this point. Stupid.
This was the last bull. The best by far. And the matador was so smooth.
Blindfolded mules carrying away the carcass. And the clean-up crew...
A picadores, the bull, and a banderillero. The bull has to stand inside the inner red ring, and the picadore and his horse stand on the outside of the outter ring. When the bull is positioned just so by the banderillero, the picadore gets the bull's attention and the bull rams the horse and the picadore stabs the bull.
The Colombian matador and the bull. Notice the sword in his hand. He is about to win his ear.Victory lap with his ear.
No comments:
Post a Comment