Bullfighting:

A Tradition of Tragedy

Sarena Chou

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Agenda:

Procedure

Victims

Suggestions

Definition of Terms

• Bullring: the arena where bullfighting occurs

• El Matador: star bullfighter

• Los Picadores: lancers on horseback armed with spears

• Los Banderilleros: bullfighters on foot with barbed wooden decorated sticks

Procedure

Preliminary Phase: El Matador assesses the bull’s agility,

intelligence, dangers, sight and strength.

Procedure

First Stage: Los Picadores plunge the lance into the

bull’s neck.

Procedure

Second Stage: Los banderilleros advance to insert bar

bed wooden decorated sticks into the bull’s neck muscle.

Procedure

Final Stages:

1. El matador asks for permission to perform and kill the bull.

2. El matador creates a series of passes with red cape, bringing the bull closer to his body for the eventual kill.

Procedure

The Kill: El matador inserts his sword between t

he shoulder blades(肩胛骨 ) and into the bull’s heart.

Procedure

Finale: 1. If el matador performs well and

makes a clean kill, he will be awarded the bull’s ears or tail.

2. The half-dying bull is quickly pulled out of the arena by horses and distributed for sale.

Victims

Before the fight, the bulls…

Get drugged with tranquilizers(鎮定劑 ) and laxatives(瀉藥 ).

Have heavy weights hung around their necks.

Have Vaseline rubbed into eyes.

Get horns shaved.

What about the horses used in bullfights?

They are blindfolded.

They are gored.

They have wet newspaper stuffed in their ears.

Their vocal cords(聲帶 ) are cut.

Victims

What Can You Do?

• Don’t visit any bullfighting.

• Don’t stay at resorts which have bullfighting arenas as part of recreation facilities.

• Visit the places that have banned bullfighting. Ex: Barcelona, Tossa de Mar

Don’t be an accomplice to this savagery!!!

Thank You!