Bullfighting
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| - | # A sport [[popular]] in [[Spain]] and [[Mexico]] in which a [[matador]] taunts and ultimately kills a [[bull]] [[at close range]]. | + | # A [[sport]] [[popular]] in [[Spain]] and [[Mexico]] in which a [[matador]] [[taunt]]s and ultimately kills a [[bull]] [[at close range]]. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * Arenas: | ||
| + | ** [[Bullring#Bullrings of the world|Bullrings of the world]] | ||
| + | * People: | ||
| + | ** [[List of bullfighters]] | ||
| + | ** [[Ordóñez (bullfighter family)]] | ||
| + | ** [[Romero dynasty]] | ||
| + | ** [[CAS International]], Committee against bullfighting | ||
| + | * Animals: | ||
| + | ** [[Andalusian horse]] | ||
| + | ** [[Fighting Cattle]], bull breed used for fighting | ||
| + | ** [[Iberian horse]] | ||
| + | ** [[Lusitano]], horse breed used in bullfighting | ||
| + | ** [[Miura bull|Miura]], a bull breed | ||
| + | * Styles of bullfighting: | ||
| + | ** [[Picador]] and [[rejoneador]], two Spanish styles of horse mounted bullfighting | ||
| + | ** [[Cow fighting]], Swiss style pitting cows against each other | ||
| + | ** [[Running of the Bulls]], running event usually in the morning of the bullfight | ||
| + | ** [[Jallikattu]], unarmed bull-taming in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] | ||
| + | ** [[Tōgyū]], bullfighting style of the [[Ryukyu Islands]] (particularly [[Okinawa]]) in Japan) | ||
| + | * Literature and films: | ||
| + | ** The opera ''[[Carmen (opera)|Carmen]]'' features a toreador as a major character, a well-known song about him, and a bullfight off-stage at the climax. | ||
| + | ** ''Llanto por [[Ignacio Sánchez Mejías]]'' ("Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías", 1935), a poem by [[Federico García Lorca]]. | ||
| + | ** ''[[The Dangerous Summer]]'', [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s chronicle of the bullfighting rivalry between [[Luis Miguel Dominguín]] and his brother-in-law [[Antonio Ordóñez]] | ||
| + | ** ''[[Death in the Afternoon]]'', [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s treatise on Spanish bullfighting (OCLC {{OCLC search link|704339}}) | ||
| + | ** "[[The Sun Also Rises]]", a novel by Ernest Hemingway, includes many accounts of bullfighting. | ||
| + | ** ''[[Shadow of a Bull]]'', book by Maia Wojciechowska about a bullfighter's son, Manolo Olivar | ||
| + | ** ''[[The Story Of A Matador]]'', [[David L. Wolper]]'s 1962 documentary about the life of the matador [[Jaime Bravo]] | ||
| + | ** ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' included scenes of [[Cantinflas]] bullfighting in [[Chinchón]]. | ||
| + | ** ''[[Talk to Her]]'', film by [[Pedro Almodóvar]], contains subplot concerning female matador who is gored during a bullfight. The director was criticized for shooting footage of a bull being actually killed during a bullfight staged especially for the film. | ||
| + | ** ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043363/ The Bullfighter And The Lady]'', about an expat American training as a matador. | ||
| + | *Others | ||
| + | **[[Ban on bullfighting in Catalonia]] | ||
| + | **[[Paso Doble]] | ||
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See also
- Arenas:
- People:
- List of bullfighters
- Ordóñez (bullfighter family)
- Romero dynasty
- CAS International, Committee against bullfighting
- Animals:
- Andalusian horse
- Fighting Cattle, bull breed used for fighting
- Iberian horse
- Lusitano, horse breed used in bullfighting
- Miura, a bull breed
- Styles of bullfighting:
- Picador and rejoneador, two Spanish styles of horse mounted bullfighting
- Cow fighting, Swiss style pitting cows against each other
- Running of the Bulls, running event usually in the morning of the bullfight
- Jallikattu, unarmed bull-taming in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
- Tōgyū, bullfighting style of the Ryukyu Islands (particularly Okinawa) in Japan)
- Literature and films:
- The opera Carmen features a toreador as a major character, a well-known song about him, and a bullfight off-stage at the climax.
- Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías ("Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías", 1935), a poem by Federico García Lorca.
- The Dangerous Summer, Ernest Hemingway's chronicle of the bullfighting rivalry between Luis Miguel Dominguín and his brother-in-law Antonio Ordóñez
- Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway's treatise on Spanish bullfighting (OCLC Template:OCLC search link)
- "The Sun Also Rises", a novel by Ernest Hemingway, includes many accounts of bullfighting.
- Shadow of a Bull, book by Maia Wojciechowska about a bullfighter's son, Manolo Olivar
- The Story Of A Matador, David L. Wolper's 1962 documentary about the life of the matador Jaime Bravo
- Around the World in Eighty Days included scenes of Cantinflas bullfighting in Chinchón.
- Talk to Her, film by Pedro Almodóvar, contains subplot concerning female matador who is gored during a bullfight. The director was criticized for shooting footage of a bull being actually killed during a bullfight staged especially for the film.
- The Bullfighter And The Lady, about an expat American training as a matador.
- Others
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