Bullfighting In Colombia

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BULLFIGHTING IN COLOMBIA Maria Suárez Academic Writing February 2012 Bullfighting is one of the most famous activities in Spain and South America. Colombia is the second most bullfighting country. This started as a celebration for the independence in from Spain, but was started by Spanish people who conquered the region. Alfonso Luis de Lugo took sixty bullfighting bulls from Spain to Bogotá in 1543, which means Bogotá was the first city that practiced bullfighting, followed by Manizales, Medellin, Cali and Cartagena. (Cas-international.com, 2010). For me, personally, it is extremely sad to know that many people actually enjoy bullfighting; even though it is evident how much suffering the bull goes through. Before exposing the bull, it is physically tortured by picadors (men on horses), who drive lances into the bull’s back and neck muscles, impairing the bull’s ability to lift his head (Lowe, 2010); then it is taunted in front of hundreds of people. I cannot imagine myself even going to a bullfight. In the city I live, Cali, Colombia, every December we have the “Cali Fair”. There are a lot of activities people can do, and personally, I really enjoy this Fair, because there are concerts, Horseback Riding, several places where you can go and dance and everything is on sale because there are a lot of tourists, so everything gets cheaper. Unfortunately, in this Fair there is also bullfighting. As I said before, I can’t understand how people can enjoy this atrocious act, and actually I have friends who go to bullfights. When I asked them why they would go to bullfights and they would tell me that the energy you feel in the bullring is amazing. Hundreds of people screaming and cheering for the bullfighter, and all of them united for just one cause. Which for me, at the end of the explanation ended up being the same: animal torture. On the other hand, and

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