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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 ...
The bull is released into the ring, where he is tested for ferocity by the matador and banderilleros with the magenta and gold capote ("cape"). This is the first stage, the tercio de varas ("the lancing third"). The matador confronts the bull with the capote, performing a series of passes and observing the behavior and quirks of the bull.
Matador, actor, bullfighter Manuel Benítez Pérez (born 4 May 1936), more commonly known as El Cordobés (The Cordovan ), is a Spanish bullfighter , matador , and actor active in the 1960s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring .
Caqueza became a professional matador five years ago by taunting a fully grown bull for about 20 minutes and killing it with his sword, in a ceremony known as the Alternativa. ...
The matador observes how the bull reacts to the waving of the banderilleros ' cloaks. They also note vision problems, unusual head movements, or if the bull favors a part of the ring called a querencia (territory). [23] A bull trying to reach its querencia is often more dangerous than a bull that is attacking the cape directly. [23]
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".
Mexican bullfighter Arturo Macias was gored in the famous Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in the central Spanish capital Madrid. Watch: Matador gored by bull left writhing in agony - but says he ...
Juan José Padilla is a Spanish torero ('bullfighter'). 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]