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

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    MEXICO CITY (AP) — With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal ...

  3. Mexico's Supreme Court lifts 2022 ban on bullfighting - AOL

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    Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a 2022 ban on bullfighting in Mexico City, opening the way for events to resume. A panel of five justices voted to overturn a May 2022 injunction ...

  4. Mexico activists protest return of bullfights to capital - AOL

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    Animal rights defenders in Mexico City on Sunday marched to protest the return of the centuries-old spectacle of bullfighting to the capital after almost two years. "Torture is not art, it is not ...

  5. Spanish-style bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    This style of bullfighting involves a physical contest with humans (and other animals) attempting to publicly subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull. 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.

  6. Plaza de toros El Progreso - Wikipedia

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    Days after the final bullfight, and after more than 122 years of functioning as a bullfighting venue, the authorities of the State of Jalisco commissioned architect Ignacio Díaz Morales [2] to demolish the bullring and many buildings and houses in downtown Guadalajara, in an area of 8.64 acres or 376,737 square feet (35,000 square meters), to make way for the construction of Plaza Tapatía ...

  7. Plaza de Toros México - Wikipedia

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    The Plaza de toros México, situated in Mexico City, is the world's largest bullring.The 41,262-seat [1] facility is usually dedicated to bullfighting, but many boxing matches have been held there as well, including Julio César Chávez's third and final bout with Frankie Randall on May 22, 2004. [2]

  8. Return of bullfighting met by protests in Mexico City - AOL

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    Animal rights activists took to the streets of Mexico City on Sunday to protest the return of bullfighting to the capital after almost two years.

  9. Bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    Bull-leaping: Fresco from Knossos, Crete. Bullfighting traces its roots to prehistoric bull worship and sacrifice in Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean region. The first recorded bullfight may be the Epic of Gilgamesh, which describes a scene in which Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed the Bull of Heaven ("The Bull seemed indestructible, for hours they fought, till Gilgamesh dancing in ...