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matador, in bullfighting, the principal performer who works the capes and usually dispatches the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Though most bullfighters have been men, women bullfighters have participated in the spectacle for centuries.
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While mounted bullfighting waned in Spain and was...
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Bullfighting, the national spectacle of Spain and many...
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A picador is a bullfighter who uses a special lance called pica while on horseback to test the bull's strength and to provide clues to the matador on which side the bull is favoring. They perform in the tercio de varas which is the first of the three stages in a Spanish bullfight.
Spanish-style bullfighting is a type of bullfighting that is practiced in several Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in parts of southern France and Portugal.
31 sty 2023 · In a short period, he became one of the top figures of his time, rivaling other matadors and displaying a bullfighting style based on courage, stillness, closeness to the bull, and excellent skills for natural bullfighting. The moment he made his debut in the Real Maestranza of Seville marked a before and after in his career.
11 paź 2024 · While mounted bullfighting waned in Spain and was transformed by the masses into the foot-based corrida common today, equestrian bullfighting was finely honed into an art and a national specialty in Portugal.
11 paź 2024 · Bullfighting, the national spectacle of Spain and many Spanish-speaking countries, in which a bull is ceremoniously fought in a sand arena by a matador and usually killed. Bullfighting is also popular in Portugal and southern France, though in the former, where the bull is engaged by a bullfighter.
19 sty 2023 · Bullfights; This is the classic Spanish style of Bullfighting. Bulls with an average age of 4 to 6 years are used. In each “Corrida de Toros” 6 Matadors have to win over 6 Bulls in the bullring. Only professional bullfighters are allowed to fight the Bull.
