We always connect Spain to bullfighting and Flamenco. But for the Spanish people, "bullfighting" is not a game.

1. Bullfighting Is Part of Spanish Culture

2. We always connect Spain to bullfighting and
Flamenco. But for the Spanish people,
"bullfighting" is not a game. It is a
ceremony. It originally comes from the
ceremony to sacrifice bull for the richness of
stock farming. Although the death of a bull
is unavoidable, killing the bull is not the
main attraction. The Spanish people enjoy
the performance of the bull and the bull
fighter like ballet dancing. They call this the
pase.

3. In March, the Spanish celebrate a Festival of
Fire in Valencia. In October, they celebrate
Pilar in Zaragoza. Bullfighting takes place
between these two holidays.

4. We do not know when it began but there is a Spanish
legend that Hercules fought with a bull of Geryon in
the plain of Hispania. People think that was the
beginning. There are no records of bull fighting
during the medieval times but in the thirteenth
century, a book titled Chronica General contained a
record of it after a wedding ceremony. Many
written records of this ceremony was found in the
late fourteenth century. The popularity of it grew
between the sixteenth and seventeenth century
during the Renaissance.

5. At the time, the knight rode on a horse to fight the bull
which is called Rejoneo. From the end of seventeenth
century to eighteenth century, bull fighters started
to go on foot without horse riding just like today.
During this time, they killed the bull very violently.
In a painting by Goya, it shows how bloody and
violent it was.

6. Francesco Remero was the one who made rules of
today's game including the red cape on a removable
stick. After that, it became a team game. Picadores,
Toreros, other ring attendants and two Matadors
made up a team. Matadors are the ones that throws
the Muleta and finally kills the bull. It kills the bull
by stabbing right above the bull's heart in front of it.
After the bull dies, the ears of the bull are cut off and
given to the Matadors for honor much like a trophy
is given to a champion.

7. It is very important to the Spanish culture. The king of
Spain said if the EU bans bullfighting it would leave
the EU. Today, bullfighting is a big business. The
Matadors earn as much money as the best soccer
player or a rock star. The great bull fighter of
modern time is Manolete, a Matador who began in
1938 and died at the age of thirty during a bullfight.
The Spanish see him as a great Metador in the
twentieth century.

8. Resources:
http://alcoso.es/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Bullfighting-Is-
Part-of-Spanish-Culture&id=5946718

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