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  2. Banderilla - Wikipedia

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    Banderilla is a diminutive meaning small flag (bandera) in the Spanish language and may refer to : A banderillero is a type of barbed stick used by a torero or toreador "Banderilla" (in the English language) most often refers to the colorfully decorated and barbed sticks used in bullfighting, as illustrated on this page

  3. Bullfighter - Wikipedia

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    A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. Torero (Spanish:) or toureiro (Portuguese: [toˈɾɐjɾu]), both from Latin taurarius, are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter, and describe all the performers in the activity of bullfighting as practised in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, France, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries influenced ...

  4. Spanish-style bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    Picadors and banderilleros are sometimes gored, but this is not common. The suertes with the capote are risky, but it is the faena , in particular the estocada, that is the most dangerous. A matador of classical ( Manolete ) style is trained to divert the bull with the muleta but to come close to the right horn as he makes the fatal sword ...

  5. Bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    The bull is released into the ring, where he is tested for ferocity by the matador and banderilleros with the magenta and gold capote ("cape"). This is the first stage, the tercio de varas ("the lancing third"). The matador confronts the bull with the capote, performing a series of passes and observing the behavior and quirks of the bull.

  6. The Story of Ferdinand - Wikipedia

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    When Ferdinand enters the bull ring, he is faced with the matador, banderilleros and picadors who panic when they see him. However, he is delighted by the flowers in the women's hair and sits down in the middle of the ring to smell them, upsetting and disappointing everyone and making the matador and other fighters throw tantrums.

  7. Spanish Fighting Bull - Wikipedia

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    A very few times each year a bull will be indultado, or "pardoned," meaning his life is spared due to outstanding behavior in the bullring, leading the audience to petition the president of the ring with white handkerchiefs. The bullfighter joins the petition, as it is a great honor to have a bull one has fought pardoned.

  8. Bullring - Wikipedia

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    The classic bullring is an enclosed, roughly circular amphitheatre with tiered rows of stands that surround an open central space. The open space forms the arena or ruedo, a field of densely packed crushed rock (albero) that is the stage for the bullfight.

  9. Bandolero! - Wikipedia

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    Bandolero! is a 1968 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen [3] and starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine, Will Geer, and Clint Ritchie.