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| Aspiring bullfighters in their suits of lights. |
The 2011 amateur bullfighting season, held during the first two weekends of August, passed sin pena ni gloria: the aspiring bullfighters neither suffered any serious injuries nor demonstrated any great bullfighting. The bulls, of course, didn't end up so well.
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| Aspiring toreros have spent months and years practicing for a real fight. |
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| Readying the arena. |
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| Preparing a horse - these also often get injured, sometimes fatally, during bullfights. |
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| The chapel, where bullfighters ask the Virgin of La Macarena for good fortune. Only one bullfighter has been killed here, a Mexican during the plaza's first years. |
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| Fit for kids? Bullfighting fans. |
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| Outside the stadium, young people protest bullfighting's cruelty. Do they ever protest at slaughterhouses? |
I didn't see any of the fights - never have. But there are plenty available on YouTube.
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| Afterwards, a bull's blood on the sand. |
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| A bull's head and bones in a Bogotá market. How different is this bull from the other slaughtered animals alongside? |
By Mike Ceaser, of
Bogotá Bike Tours
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