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Also known as bull fighting, tauromachia, tauromachy

thumb|upright=1.3|Spanish-style bullfighting|Spanish bullfight in [[Las Ventas in Madrid]]

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Bullfighting is a spectacle performed primarily in Spain where a matador fights a bull in an arena, typically resulting in the bull's death. It remains culturally significant in Spanish tradition but has become increasingly controversial due to animal welfare concerns.

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Wikidata facts

Location
bullring
Image
La muerte del picador.jpg
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practiced by
bullfighter
Commons category
Bullfighting
topic's main category
Category:Bullfighting
Commons gallery
Taureaux
different from
bull wrestling
intangible cultural heritage status
bien de interés cultural
uses
bull
OpenStreetMap tag
sport=bullfighting
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Encyclopedic overview

54 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Styles
  • Spanish
  • Structure
  • ''Tercio de Varas''
  • ''Tercio de Banderillas''
  • ''Tercio de Muerte''
  • Recortes
  • Comic bullfighting
  • Encierros
  • Toro embolado
  • Portuguese
  • France
  • ''Course camarguaise'' (''course libre'')
  • ''Course landaise''
  • Non-bloodsport variations
  • Hazards
  • Cultural aspects
  • Women in bullfighting
  • Popularity, controversy, and criticism
  • Popularity
  • France
  • Spain
  • Peru
  • Costa Rica
  • Animal welfare
  • Funding
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Media prohibitions
  • Declaration as cultural patrimony
  • Laws
  • Pre-20th century
  • 20th century onwards
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
  • France
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Mexico
  • Panama
  • Nicaragua
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Canary Islands
  • Catalonia
  • Galicia
  • United States
  • In literature, film, and the arts
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.3|Spanish-style bullfighting|Spanish bullfight in [[Las Ventas in Madrid]]

Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. Bullfighting can also loosely refer to other spectacles in which two bulls are pitted against each other, that is, bull wrestling.

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