Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations.

2025年1月3日 · 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.

What is bullfighting? The Spanish word for bullfighting is corrida de toros that can be literally translated as “running of bulls”. A bullfight is always held in a round-shape arena or venue called plaza de toros. Bull fighting in Spain is an iconic tradition in which 3 toreros have to fight 2 bulls each and, ultimately, kill them.

2025年1月3日 · 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.

Most Portuguese bullfights (corridas de touros) are held in two phases: the spectacle of the cavaleiro, followed by the pega. In Portugal, the main stars of bullfighting are the cavaleiros, as opposed to Spain, where the matadores are the most prominent bullfighters.

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.

2025年1月3日 · Bullfighting is at the heart of one of the most beloved operas, Georges Bizet’s Carmen (1875). The opera is based on Prosper Mérimée’s 1846 novella of a spirited girl from Sevilla and her bullfighter lover.

Bullfighting. Why is it so popular? It's the national sport. It is gaining, not losing popularity. In the Mediterranean, sacrificing bulls is a practice dating back to pre-historic times. In Greece for example, killing the minotaur is symbolic of a bullfight.

Bullfighting is an event in which a human fighter tries to overcome or kill a bull according to certain rules. There are different styles of bullfighting, and each has...

2014年5月22日 · Bullfighting is a "supremely dangerous art", says Garry Marvin, professor of human-animal studies at Roehampton University. "If a normal person got into the ring with a fighting bull, I'd expect...