Days after Mexico’s Supreme Court lifted a suspension on bullfights in the world’s largest bullring, a young bullfighter practiced his steps and waved his cape in front of a bull’s head mounted on a wheeled cart. The court’s decision raised the hopes of thousands of fans, but also those who depend on the spectacle for their livelihoods. Mexico City’s Plaza Mexico is considered the cathedral of Mexican bullfighting and is one of the world s three main bullrings along with Las Ventas in Madrid and La Maestranza in the Spain s city of Seville. The expected return of the controversial sport is agitating animal rights activists who say bullfighting is a form of animal cruelty.
Days after Mexico’s Supreme Court lifted a suspension on bullfights in the world’s largest bullring, a young bullfighter practiced his steps and waved his cape in front of a bull’s head mounted on a wheeled cart. The court’s decision raised the hopes of thousands of fans, but also those who depend on the spectacle for their livelihoods. Mexico City’s Plaza Mexico is considered the cathedral of Mexican bullfighting and is one of the world s three main bullrings along with Las Ventas in Madrid and La Maestranza in the Spain s city of Seville. The expected return of the controversial sport is agitating animal rights activists who say bullfighting is a form of animal cruelty.
Days after Mexico’s Supreme Court lifted a suspension on bullfights in the world’s largest bullring, a young bullfighter practiced his steps and waved his cape in front of a bull’s head mounted on a wheeled cart. The court’s decision raised the hopes of thousands of fans, but also those who depend on the spectacle for their livelihoods. Mexico City’s Plaza Mexico is considered the cathedral of Mexican bullfighting and is one of the world s three main bullrings along with Las Ventas in Madrid and La Maestranza in the Spain s city of Seville. The expected return of the controversial sport is agitating animal rights activists who say bullfighting is a form of animal cruelty.
In the center of a desolate and cold Plaza Mexico stadium, a young matador raises a red cape and leaps to the right as he gets charged not by a bull, but by a bull’s head on a cart. A bellowing colleague is pushing the wheeled contraption to breathe a bit of realism into…
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