Okie dokie people, this time I’m going to tell you a little bit about the
culture here in the city where live in. Just like I said in the post about
Semana Santa, Sevilla is the most Spanish city in Spain when it comes to
religion, culture and holidays. Next you’re going to find out what this
actually means. Firstly the Easter week was already an example of this
phenomenon, but definitely not the only example.
Few years ago bull fighting was prohibited in Catalunya – but not here in Andalusia. In here, the tradition of bullfighting lives on - regardless the people who are protesting on the streets to stop it! Bullfighting is something that is strongly connected to Spanish culture. I mean, the natives consider bull fights as art forms that are linked with their history, art and culture. Even the King of Spain has said that if EU decides to ban bullfighting, Spain will leave the EU :O
Few years ago bull fighting was prohibited in Catalunya – but not here in Andalusia. In here, the tradition of bullfighting lives on - regardless the people who are protesting on the streets to stop it! Bullfighting is something that is strongly connected to Spanish culture. I mean, the natives consider bull fights as art forms that are linked with their history, art and culture. Even the King of Spain has said that if EU decides to ban bullfighting, Spain will leave the EU :O
Even though I’m not
in favor of torturing animals, curiosity made me want to go see it here in
Sevilla. I wanted to see what’s so cool about it? Sevilla has Spain’s 2nd
oldest bullfighting arena just after the arena in Ronda. The arena is actually
pretty big, it has capacity of 12,500 people and it is considered to be the
most important one in the world and so it attracts the best fighters. During
the bullfighting season, all seats are full every evening!
For me, the fighting was not anything special. They brought up around 6 bulls and from the 3rd one I was already bored a bit. I mean, it was interesting, but the show was always the same and actually more interesting was to watch these 50-year-old Spanish guys show in the top shelf of the audience where they drank wine from a flagon and shouted out insolences :D Just like in Finnish ice hockey games
For me, the fighting was not anything special. They brought up around 6 bulls and from the 3rd one I was already bored a bit. I mean, it was interesting, but the show was always the same and actually more interesting was to watch these 50-year-old Spanish guys show in the top shelf of the audience where they drank wine from a flagon and shouted out insolences :D Just like in Finnish ice hockey games
Anyway, I did not quite understand what was so cool about the fighting. Of course, if you haven’t ever seen ballet, you don’t understand it either, do you? It's like a guy next to me said when people were chanting: "Why he's good, I don't know." :D Well, I kind of think bull fighting as "show business butchering". Because that’s what it is: butchering the bulls. And there’s nothing wrong with the butchering part - you can even buy the meat afterwards! It's just that I think those animals could probably go some easier way...
Soy el quimico unico con la formula secreta del destino
la formula del sonido rapido en nuestro universo - galaxia
voy a mezclar ahora un liquido, quimico, toxico, acido y peligroso,
que cambiare la materia humana, ah, ah...
Ruido sintetico, sonido rapido, ruido incognito, quimico unico...
666 - Ruido Sintetico
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