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  2. Juan José Padilla - Wikipedia

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    He became a matador de toros, 'killer of (full-grown) bulls', in the town of his birth, Jerez de la Frontera, on June 18, 1994 when he was 21 years old. [1] He was known as the 'Cyclone of Jerez' and featured heavily, both personally and professionally, in Into The Arena: The World Of The Spanish Bullfight , a shortlisted nominee for the ...

  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. Bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    The ban was lifted in 1921, but in 1928 a law was passed that forbade the killing of the bull during a fight. In practice, bulls still frequently die after a fight from their injuries or by being slaughtered by a butcher. [147] In 2001, matador Pedrito de Portugal controversially killed a bull at the end of a fight after spectators encouraged ...

  5. Spanish-style bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    The most common bull used is the Spanish Fighting Bull (Toro Bravo), a type of cattle native to the Iberian Peninsula. This style of bullfighting is seen to be both a sport and performance art. The red colour of the cape is a matter of tradition – bulls are color blind. They attack moving objects; the brightly-colored cape is used to mask ...

  6. Bullfighting resumes in Mexico City before a full crowd while ...

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    The first bullfighter to enter the ring was the renowned Mexican matador Joselito Adame, with thousands of people cheering the return of “fiesta brava,” as bullfighting is also known in Spanish.

  7. El Cordobés - Wikipedia

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    Following an incident in 1983, when a bull that he was about to fight killed an espontáneo (bystander who jumps into bullring), El Cordobés was criticized by the press for allowing it to happen. El Cordobés continued to make occasional appearances as a matador until 2000, when he retired permanently. He also acted in several motion pictures.

  8. List of male bullfighters - Wikipedia

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    Paco Pedro, regarded as the world's greatest matador and seducer, has appeared in three short films to date; Raul Bourneau, minor character in Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu's classic novel Fecioarele despletite (The Disheveled Maidens) El Gargo, a bullfighter doppelgänger of Gargamel apperearing in The Smurfs’ episode "Papa Loses His Patience".

  9. Shocking bullfighting video shows animal killed in front of ...

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    New footage from inside a French bullfighting school shows trainers stabbing and killing bulls as children reportedly watch. The video, recorded by European animal rights group One Voice, ...