bullfight
مصارعة الثيران
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No bulls are killed during the bullfights ; instead, toreros show their bravery by closely engaging the animals with their ponchos, jackets, or homemade capes.
a public spectacle, particularly in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, at which a bull is baited in a highly stylized manner and then usually killed.
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مصارعة الثيران
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In Greece for example, killing the minotaur is symbolic of a 'bullfight' .
Four years later, in the large bullring at the town of Puerto de Santa María, near Cádiz, he faced six bulls in a 'bullfight' fought in honour of women.
At the beginning of the 'bullfight' , or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape.
A 'bullfight' now is sheer spectacle and, with six bulls dying in less than two hours, a desperately cruel one at that.
Each 'bullfight' comprises six bulls and three matadors, each of whom fights two bulls.
Each representative is obliged to provide a band, abundant supplies of maize beer and alcohol, food, two bulls for the 'bullfight' , and prizes for the best toreros.
International cricket has thus turned in to one mega batting-fest: the contest is as unequal as a 'bullfight' where the bull's horns have been sawn off.
The tour guide tells us the rules of the 'bullfight' , about famous bullfighters, and a story of a cow that sought revenge for her slain bull-son, only to be killed herself.
In the 'bullfights' bulls are often intentionally debilitated with tranquilisers and beatings and have petroleum jelly rubbed in their eyes so they are less able to resist.
Then the first of three banderilleros (usually older 'bullfighters' who form part of the matador's team) individually run towards the bull making him charge.
On the third day of the festival, cattle are decorated and worshiped, and 'bullfights' and bull races take place.
This out of an estimated 20,000 bulls killed annually in 'bullfights' throughout the country.
My first idea was to breed bulls for 'bullfights' in Spain, but then I thought: why not make wine instead?
In Ronda's famous Pedro Romero bullring he fought three-year-old bulls for the first time and in Nîmes in France he faced a four-year-old bull and qualified as a 'bullfighter' .
In contrast to the violent 'bullfights' in Spain and parts of Latin America, in Portugal the bull's horns are sheathed to avoid injuries, and bulls are not killed at the end of the event.
At first glance, bullfighting seems simple: Bull bucks rider, 'bullfighter' jumps around in front of bull.
Some populations sponsor 'bullfights' or other public entertainments on major fiestas.
At a single gravesite in a cemetery on the northern fringe of Sevilla lie the mortal remains of three of the most successful 'bullfighters' this century.
No bulls are killed during the 'bullfights' ; instead, toreros show their bravery by closely engaging the animals with their ponchos, jackets, or homemade capes.
During the reign of King Philip II, Pope Pius V, appalled at the unconscionable carnage of the 'bullfights' , forbade the practice of the corridas.
It is often said that people go to watch 'bullfights' for entertainment, and while the bull in the ring is the reason why they are there, many go purely for the excitement.
Tickets prices vary considerably depending on the bullring, the 'bullfighters' and the occasion.
It's a little like Spain, they have 'bullfights' ,
The short story also foreshadows Hemingway's fascination with blood, spectacle and 'bullfights' .
This has many advantages, as these people tend to be friendly and have connections, which might be useful for acquiring tickets to 'bullfights' or viewing the bulls.
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