The pomp and pageantry of bullfighting

AFP Published June 8, 2014
Spanish matador Jose Maria Manzanares is carried in triumph after fighting with a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull, during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Jose Maria Manzanares is carried in triumph after fighting with a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull, during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba gets ready to perform a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba gets ready to perform a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Enrique Ponce performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Enrique Ponce performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Enrique Ponce concentrates prior to a fight with a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Enrique Ponce concentrates prior to a fight with a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo
Spanish matador Juan Serrano aka Finito de Cordoba performs a pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq fighting bull during the Bullfighting Pentecost feria in Nimes, southern France. -AFP Photo

Called “indefensible but irresistible,” bullfighting is popular in Spanish-speaking countries and in southern France.

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Mustafa
Jun 10, 2014 12:27am
It's a lot of torture on poor animal
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