Hi guys, today I want to tell you about corrida. Corrida or bullfighting is the national sport in Spain.
Corrida was invented in XVII BC. Bull was a saint animal and Bullfighting was some kind of sacrifice for the god.
Matador - the main person in the bullfighting. He is the one who kills the bull. Matador can be man or a woman, but mostly man.
We all know that matador use some kind of heavy cloak. Many people think that the cloak is red but it's not always true.
Capote- is the big(4-6 kilos weight) cloak. It is two coloured, pink and yellow. Pink is the side that people see most of the time. Matador uses this cloak to make angry the bull.
Estoque- is the sword which matador uses to kill the bull at the end. It is a very dangerous thing, even to the matador who is teaching how to use it from the childhood.
Bulls in the corrida are at the age from 4-6 years old. Bulls are grown on the special farms for the corrida. To the training young matadors fight 2-3 years old bulls.
Bullfighting is a very dangerous sport, there are a lot of deaths, matadors not always can handle the bull. It can be very bad if the matador is caught by the bull.
Well, that's all for today. Thank you for the reading, have a nice day or night!
And here is the example for the people above 16 years old: