Posted on September 25, 2011 with 23 notes by izarrakbegi.
Tagged: catalonia, catalunya, bullfighting, catalunya sense toros, bullfights, corridas de toros, curses de braus, .

MADRID — Catalonia bids farewell to bullfighting on Sunday with a corrida in Barcelona’s Monumental bullring featuring José Tomás, probably the country’s most popular matador.  Despite the fact that the Catalan regional Parliament voted last year to ban bullfighting, this final fight later on Sunday is a sellout, expected to fill the 20,000-seat arena with cheering spectators. But such frenzied demand for bullfighting is no longer the norm these days in Spain. Not only have animal rights activists increased pressure to outlaw the fights — as was the case in Catalonia — but bullfighting is also confronting a financial crisis that has forced public subsidy cuts to local venues that once relied on them. […]

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