Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
More recent statistics show that popularity is declining in Spain, as only 1.9% of the surveyed population attended a corrida in 2021-22. [44] 1,546 bullfights took place in Spain in 2022. [45] Compared to the 3,651 bullfights that took place in 2007, a 57.7% decrease over the past 15 years suggests the events’ decline in popularity.
Afternoons of Solitude (Spanish: Tardes de soledad) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Albert Serra dealing with the world of bullfighting. The film world premiered in September 2024 at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell.
Monument in Pamplona Runners surround the bulls on Estafeta Street. A running of the bulls (Spanish: encierro, from the verb encerrar, 'to corral, to enclose'; Occitan: abrivado, literally 'haste, momentum'; Catalan: bous al carrer 'bulls in the street', or correbous 'bull-runner') is an event that involves running in front of a small group of bulls, typically six [1] but sometimes ten or more ...
Cubero twice came out of the Great Gate at Las Ventas, on 1 and 9 June 1983, although he had also appeared at Spain's foremost bullring as a novillero in 1981. [ 5 ] On 26 September 1984, el Yiyo shared the billing in Pozoblanco with Francisco Rivera, known as " Paquirri ", on the day when the latter was fatally wounded by a bull named Avispado ...
Spain’s first specific animal rights legislation is intended to crack down on abuses. The law particularly targets the mistreatment of domestic animals, introducing fines of up to 200,000 euros ...
The most significant years of Vázquez's bullfighting life were bound with the birth of Victorino Martín Andrés's bull ranch, and a highlight of which was his bullfight on 10 August 1969, in which he was substituting for Antoñete, when he cut both ears from the famous bull Baratero, which heightened his status as a bullfighter. It led to his ...
Colombia’s congress voted Tuesday to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired famous songs and novels but has become ...
Bullfights in Seville during the Feria de Abril are the most important event of the city's bullfighting calendar. The regular season goes from March or April (depending on the Semana Santa dates) until late September. [1] Every year the Real Maestranza commissions a painter to produce a poster announcing the bullfighting season in its Royal ...