Bullfighting. Monumental ring, Barcelona, Spain

Bullfighting at Barcelona's Monumental ring on June 26 2011.

The Bullfight commences with a ceremonious entry of the Cuadrillas and the Alguacile. It is the custom for three teams each to fight two bulls. After the ceremonial parade the sport commences with the entry of the chosen bull and this is then teased by the Cuadrillas and the Matador joins in with his cape to test the qualities of the bull. The mounted Picadors are next to enter and weaken the bull in the neck with their picas and join those on foot whom plant their bandillas. When the time is right and the bull's head is sufficiently bowed the Matador takes center stage. Using proud sweeps of the cape coupled with the expected artistic use of the body the crowd is duly entertained. Finally the Matador must stab swiftly and cleanly the heart of the bull to cause immediate death. Unfortunately, this end result is not always perfectively achieved and the Matador can quickly suffer the displeasure of the spectators by being booed. A good performance receives the ultimate acclaim of the bull's ears and tail.

Apparently the bull is treated like royalty up until the fight. That said, I still think it's a bit cruel to prolong the bulls death for the duration of the bullfight, as well as just doing this for sport.

The last bullfight in Barcelona was on 25th Sept 2011 - Read about it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15050706

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[ronal2011]

mdaaa...strasnic, chiar daca e un animal, nu trebuie de ucis chiar in asa caz...

[ciumflex]

savage bastard!! rott in hell!

[SuperBry23]

great vid

[jjkrt12345]

Tradition? Like the Inquisition? Selling slaves? Killing people in the arena like in the Gladiator days. Wake up and smell the new century. Most of the rest of the world has moved on and grown up.

I think bullfight is just something that men with small dicks get into to make themselves feel like they are real men. Sorry but you just have small dicks, get over it.

[Corrida2012]

This is an excellent video. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting.

[GuyPennebaker]

if you take away tradition your better off taking away the spanish people this is a fine tradition.

[CocacolaBurn]

why they have fun to kill a animal???

[mrmagallon]

we are all born to die. i spank n torture my monkey everyday. so get over it people.

[TheAlibutterfly]

@TheShmirah I seriously don't care if it's a "piece of culture". Abusing, and then killing an animal that way is not right.

[TheAlibutterfly]

SUFFER IN HELL MATADORS.

[SoulReaverForever]

See that bottle that's cow essence to attract the bull.

[catalinda8]

To say that this isn't cruel, or that to object to the cruelty because it's part of a culture is absurd. It was part of the Aztec culture to rip the hearts out of people and eat the bodies of their enemies, but just because it's 'cultural' doesn't make it right.