Ever since I was a kid growing up in Ogden Utah back in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the Spanish bullfight. I even searched out books on bullfighting at the Weber County library, where I found and read "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. I'm probably the only kid in Utah to have ever read that book. Now here we are 40 years later and I still enjoy learning about and keeping up with the bullfights.

September 21, 2013

Banderillas


banderillas. The barbed sticks used in the second tercio of the corrida. The sticks are 29 1/2" long (including barb) and the barb itself is 2 1/2" long. [exept for banderillas cortas as we can see in this picture] Among the many slang terms for banderillas are garapullos, palos, and palitroques. - Barnaby Conrad's Encyclopedia of Bullfighting

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