BULLFIGHT

or they call it the CORRIDA de TOROS.

surprisingly, i was able to stay for about 75% of the show. the fights started to look the same.. which is the reason why we decided to leave.

after searching for tickets all day.. we took a chance and decided to buy them at the stadium instead. we got to the ticket counter and we told them we wanted the cheapest seats they had. he laughed at us and told us it was 11euros. i was confused bc i thought they had seats for cheaper than 5 euros. we asked him exactly what we were buying.. and he told us it was the TOTAL for five people.... LOL so we asked him for the next cheapest seats and ended up paying about 3.50euros per person. the seats were pretty high in the stands, but it was better bc we couldn't see the blood and gore.

Every CORRIDA de TOROS has 3 bullfighters that each kill 2 bulls. Each fight takes about 20-30 minutes. So the entire thing is about 2-3 hours and 6 bulls are killed. I didn't realize at first, but it's sad bc it's such an unfair fight..

The first round includes a man and horse in armor. The man stabs the bull with a spear between the shoulder blades.

The second round has a few men with shorter spears with some sort of decorations. They run up to the bull and stab it in the same place. The decorations dangle off the bull for the rest of the "fight."

The matedor finally comes out and places his hat on the ground to dedicate the fight to someone. This part is really interesting bc he uses his cape to distract the bull.. and the bull just goes in circles around him following the cape. Bulls are colorblind.. so they're really only following the movement of the cape. After a few passes, the main bullfighter takes a sword and stabs him between the shoulder blades. Once he hits the right spot, the bull staggers and falls. It's pretty surreal.

The worst part of the CORRIDA is when they bring out horses to drag the bull away. It usually leaves streaks of blood.... My pictures are like a million times zoom... so I couldn't actually see all the blood... lol or else, i might have fainted.