In celebration, the story goes, the quintessentially Peruvian condor was set like a living banderilla to torment the imperial bull. |
The banderillero, carrying a banderilla in each hand, runs towards the charging bull at an angle and places the banderillas in its neck. |
And the smile was as a banderilla to her niece's goaded spirit. |
The kill, in these rare instances, is simulated using a banderilla or an empty hand, and the bull is then put out to stud. |
Every pica, and every banderilla, plunged into the bull's body are cheered by the matador's hero worshipers. |
Nacional, with the banderilla in his hand, attracted the bull to the centre of the plaza. |