Friday, April 02, 2010

Bullfighting

In Madrid on a hot summer's afternoon,there's nothing better for Indians like me and my family than a siesta.After a good sleep we wanted to explore Madrid.This experience will always remain in my mind. It was so hot that  we had to dash to the underground metro.One Euro and 10 minutes later we emerged at the Spanish version of a Colosseum. We decided to make the best of the occasion and bought tickets for the fight.Just our luck that all the sombra(shade) tickets were sold.We tried the sol-y-sombra(sun and shade) tickets but even our bad luck was terrible as we had to sit in the sol(sun).Then the horns sounded.The fight had started,the average fighting bull is 4 years old and weighs about 1000 kgs. The learning matadors enter and trick the bull with their large pink capes and the picadors poke the bull. Then come the spear throwers and finally
Il Matador. He enters with his shiny cloak and sharp sword. The bull fights but to no avail. One thing I have noticed is hat on no account does the bull win. The sport isn't stopped by the RSPCA nor the PETA. The tens of thousands of people in the stadium showed no signs of stopping this cruel sport or showing remorse for the bulls that had died.

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