A traditional Spanish spectacle where a matador (fighter) battles a bull in an arena, using skill and a red cape.
From English 'bull' (the animal, from Old English 'bula') combined with 'fighting.' The practice has Iberian roots going back centuries, becoming formalized as an art form in 18th-century Spain.
Bullfighting is called 'la fiesta brava' (the brave festival) and treated as high art in Spain—matadors are celebrities like rock stars, and the fight is structured like a tragic dance with three acts, each bringing the bull closer to death in a spectacle some see as magnificent and others see as cruel.
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