The Spanish national sport of bullfighting originated in Andalusia, where Spain's oldest bullrings are located. |
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Or if you were lucky enough to come from a rich bullfighting family, the corridas were waiting for you. |
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The foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping Europe and causing the cancellation of numerous race meetings will not affect Spain's bullfighting season. |
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Separatists see bullfighting as a cultural and ethnic marker to distinguish Catalonia from the rest of Spain. |
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Without a doubt, the characteristic trait of this matador from Seville is bullfighting using the cape. |
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In an afternoon of bullfighting, six bulls are usually killed by three different matadors. |
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The common characteristic of the matadors in this group is that they interpret bullfighting in an unorthodox manner. |
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Today bullfighting is big business in Spain with the top matadors earning comparable salaries to the nation's top soccer stars and rock idols. |
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He is extremely energetic and nimble in the ring and gives the impression that he adores the art of bullfighting. |
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His manner of bullfighting is irregular but when he receives a bull, there is not one person in the arena who is left unimpressed by his passes. |
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Earlier, Hemingway tells us all about bullfighting long before we ever see a bull. |
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There are those who argue that bullfighting is not a sport but a cruel spectacle. |
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The regulations on bullfighting define in exacting detail the structure and procedure of bullfighting in Spain. |
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He is a classical torero with the purest style of bullfighting, especially with the cape. |
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Thus, in a remote corner of Medieval Spain, the beginning of what today is the national Spanish spectacle of bullfighting was created. |
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I told him I'd enjoyed his spirited discourse on the state of bullfighting at the arena. |
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The development of bullfighting in Andalusia was preceded by bull rituals and cults. |
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Although there are still supporters of bullfighting, only the Monumental bullring now holds fights in the Catalan capital. |
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The two groups commissioned a survey which found that 63 percent of respondents in Barcelona wanted an end to bullfighting. |
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The young people of Spain are becoming impressed with bullfighting again, the language of the fight part of their hip patter. |
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For example, they are present both txistus and drums on the Mount, as the passion for bullfighting from the rest of the country. |
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Was that not an early example of bullfighting? Mr Chopera would be heard out, usually politely, but he rarely won over opponents to bullfighting. |
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This resolution should accordingly act as a warning to those who reject any kind of change in bullfighting. |
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Ermita, with its bullfighting memorabilia and miles of ham hanging from the ceiling, is a blend of rustic charm and upmarket swank. |
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The art of bullfighting, which first appeared during the 11th century, must be practiced according to clearly defined rules. |
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The lower level of the bullring was rehabilitated to accommodate a bullfighting museum and a restaurant. |
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Nevertheless, he notably made incursions, an inroad in the bullfighting characters, which in itself is a hymn to colours. |
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He is a passionate and eloquent defender of field sports and his argument that hare coursing and bullfighting are both in the general interest of the species is persuasive. |
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Those bullfighting posters will give a spanish touch to bullring or everyplace you stick them. |
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In Spain 17,000 bullfighting festivals are celebrated each year, each with its own fight calender. |
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If you're an avid bullfighting fan you cannot leave Bilbao before stopping over at the famous Bilbao Bullring. |
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He banned bullfighting, tried to curb property developers and defended gay rights. |
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It was a time of racing cars and bullfighting and Jimmy did it. |
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Here a Basque choir, there a bullfighting club... These places are steeped in Hispanic and Basque culture. |
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As a result, bullfighting was left to the plebeians who in turn enthusiastically took up to its practice, and took it to heart as a symbol of something genuinely Spanish. |
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The run is a 825-metre stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day. |
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In the field of bullfighting this verb is the quintessential factor in a well-fought corrida, and it has a lot to do with the rhythm of the bull's charge. |
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The 55-year-old dad-of-two from Worsley has been told by the best doctors on Spain's bullfighting circuit that he should hang up his cape and sword. |
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There is also much to say about bullfighting, foie gras, zoos, circuses and the development of animal testing alternatives. |
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Cattle are also used in some sporting games, including rodeo and bullfighting. |
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There was never a strong tradition of bullfighting there anyway, they do not breed bulls and no bullfighters come from the region. |
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Characterized by a bold but willing temperament and strong yet controlled movement, this breed is popular for many events including dressage, bullfighting and pulling carriages. |
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Animal protection law in France bans cockfighting and bullfighting. |
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We must not forget, due to genetic breeding, the superb qualities possessed by other modes Lusitanian horses and equestrian disciplines, such as bullfighting, ensino or what is called riding recent work. |
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It is within the context of bullfighting, an important theme for Picasso, and under the appearance of a muleta, or more prosaically, of a simple piece of cloth, that the painter's white canvass reappears. |
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The hacienda is now run by three brothers who have dedicated it to the life of the charro, a Mexican cowboy, with bullfighting posters, ancient branding irons and rusted rifles on the walls. |
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Brazil started strongly and with some early blocks from Santana Rogrigo was quickly 8-3 in front, driven on by bongo drums and near hysterical fans in this converted bullfighting ring. |
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This has a line-up of the foremost figures of the bullfighting world, and is unusual in that, all the bullfighters dress in costumes of the era in which Goya immortalised this fiesta. |
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The most anticipated event during these days is the bullfighting festival, as it is the only occasion during the entire year that the village can witness a bullfight. |
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Bloodless bullfights, in which the bull is caped but unharmed and its killing only simulated, are popular in many countries and in several U. S. states, but they are often denigrated by bullfighting traditionalists. |
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Four years later, Catalonia's regional parliament banned bullfighting. |
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In bullfighting, the iron spike could easily be replaced by an electronic stick which, when it came into contact with the animal, could produce the same effect in terms of spectacle. |
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Exceptions were later added for certain activities legal where they took place, such as bullfighting in Spain. |
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The sport of bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France, and some Latin American countries. |
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In bullfighting, it is the movement of the red flag or cape that irritates the bull and incites it to charge. |
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A shiftless drifter fascinated with bullfighting is implicated in the accidental goring death of a crime boss' daughter and finds himself the unwitting target of a vicious manhunt. |
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In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting. |
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A dozen bullfights are held each year, attracting the biggest names in bullfighting. |
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The collection, which is very well put together, introduces the visitor to the world of the Spanish Bullfight, but in particular, to the Andalucian bullfighting scene of the XIXth and XXth century. |
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Space dedicated to the world of bullfighting divided in three sections that are dedicated each one of them to the bull, the bullfighter, and the artistic representations. |
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She got her thirst for bullfighting from her father, a former banderillero whose job was to fire stun darts into the animal's shoulders before the kill. |
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Working closely with the Ramies and their team, Picasso designed many playful pieces decorated with bullfighting scenes, portraits, and goats, birds, and fish. |
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The city is a member of the Union of French bullfighting cities. |
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Bullfighting as we know it today, started in the village squares, and became formalised, with the building of the bullring in Ronda in the late 18th century. |
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Bullfighting is a popular sport in the country, and almost all large cities have bullrings. |
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Bullfighting spread from Spain to its Central and South American colonies, and in the 19th century to France, where it developed into a distinctive form in its own right. |
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