Las caras

(photo by Manu de Alba)

Check out the facial expressions in the crowd as this Alcurrucen bull tries to jump the wall in Bilbao.

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Here is another one, this time in Madrid.

Impressive bull from the Alcurrucen ranch

(photos by Manu de Alba)

This impressive bull from the Alcurrucen ranch was fought by Diego Urdiales in Bilbao on August 24th, 2016 from which Diego cut two ears and left the plaza through la puerta grande.

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Miquel Barceló pinta el cartel homenaje a Víctor Barrio en Valladolid

El artista mallorquín muestra su solidaridad taurina y apoya la corrida en la que actúa una de sus figuras más admiradas, José Tomás, junto a otras como Morante, El Juli y Manzanares

La corrida homenaje a Víctor Barrio el próximo 4 de septiembre en Valladolid no solo contará con un lujoso plantel de figuras, sino que además el cartel anunciador llevará la firma de un gran artista, Miquel Barceló.

Una vez más, el pintor mallorquín muestra su solidaridad y su apoyo a la Fiesta de los toros al encargarse del diseño del cartel taurino -el inmenso ruedo de una plaza de toros con un toro en los medios-, como ya hiciera cuando pintó el de la última corrida en la Monumental de Barcelona en 2011.

Si en aquel festejo antes de la prohibición actuaban Juan Mora, Serafín Marín y José Tomás -torero al que admira y sigue-, ahora en Valladolid lo hacen la propia figura de Galapagar, Juan José Padilla, Morante de la Puebla, El Juli, José María Manzanares y Alejandro Talavante, con toros de distintas ganaderías. Todo para rendir tributo al compañero muerto en la arena, para dar gloria y honores a Víctor Barrio. Los beneficios irán destinados tanto para erigir un monumento al torero como para el fomento y la defensa de la Fiesta a través de la Fundación del Toro de Lidia.

Aquella vez en Barcelona fue Barceló quien se puso en contacto con José Tomás y se ofreció a realizar la obra. Ahora de nuevo vuelven a unirse los nombres de ambos en una corrida tremendamente especial, con mucha carga de emotividad.

Miquel Barceló, ganador este año del premio taurino Ciudad de Sevilla, acudió este fin de semana al «combate» del verano en San Sebastián: José Tomás-El Juli, en una tarde con altas cotas de toreo y en la que el de Galapagar cortó una oreja y el de Velilla, dos.

La corrida del próximo 4 de septiembre, en la que se prevé un lleno hasta la bandera, forma parte del abono de una gran feria taurina en Valladolid, una ciudad a la que su ayuntamiento quitó el título de taurina.

En una entrevista del pasado año en ABC, Barceló, gran aficionado a los toros, habló así de la guerra declarada por algunos políticos a la Fiesta: «Es una estupidez... por abreviar muchísimo. Nunca he conseguido explicar los toros a alguien que es contrario a ellos. Pero esta serie [una exposición en Calcografía Nacional] no tiene nada que ver con la apología taurina. Al contrario. Muchos de los grabados parecen antitaurinos. Cuando hice el cartel para la Feria de Sevilla los antitaurinos lo usaron como emblema. Mejor que no me ponga a defender los toros porque acabaré hundiéndolos. Tengo toros coloraos mallorquines en casa, pero no los mato con un estoque. No son para torearlos. Son para pintarlos, sobre todo, y para comer. Era una raza que en los años 80 estaba casi en peligro de extinción. Recuperé asnos y toros. Pero no soy un ganadero».

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http://www.abc.es/cultura/toros/abci-miquel-barcelo-pinta-cartel-homenaje-victor-barrio-valladolid-201608161912_noticia.html

"Torero! Torero!": Matador killed by bull in ring on live TV buried in Spain

 

 (cbsnews.com 7-11-16)

 



Hundreds of people joined family, friends and members of Spain's bullfighting world for a funeral Mass on Monday for bullfighter Victor Barrio who was fatally gored in a bullring this past weekend.

People applauded and shouted "Torero! Torero!" as the coffin was carried from a hearse to a packed San Bartolome church in the central town of Sepulveda where Barrio lived.

The 29-year-old matador died after being gored in the thigh and chest in the central city of Teruel on Saturday. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 1,166-pound bull's left horn and his body was flipped over. He was gored a second time in the chest and the blow penetrated a lung and his aorta as the matador was on the ground.

The goring was broadcast live on television and news of his death stirred widespread reaction across Spain. King Felipe VI and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressed condolences.

Medics were at Barrio's side almost immediately but he died later in the bullring's infirmary.

He was the first professional matador to die during a bullfight in Spain since 21-year-old Frenchman Jose Cubero Yiyo was fatally gored in 1985 in Madrid. Before Barrio's death, Manolo Montoliu, then 38, and Ramon Soto Vargas, 39, were also fatally gored in 1992 in Seville while serving as "banderilleros," matador's assistants.

His wife, Raquel Sanz, was at the ring when the goring happened.

In messages on her official Twitter account Sunday, Sanz thanked those who had expressed condolences and said, "My life has gone, I have no strength.'"

Prominent members of the bullfighting world were among those attending the Mass.

"Today you can see it, everybody is here, all the bullfighting world - to put our arms around a destroyed family, and to acknowledge the valor, the commitment and all the values that Victor Barrio had as a person and as a bullfighter," matador Enrique Ponce told reporters.

Fellow bullfighter and a friend of Barrio's, Esau Fernandez, said, "The words don't come out. He was a good friend, he was a colleague, we grew up together."

Festivities in Teruel were immediately suspended following Barrio's death, and Las Ventas, the Madrid bullring were he debuted in 2010, posted a heartfelt remembrance of the young bullfighter.

Participants at the famed running of the bulls at the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona wore improvised black armbands in honor of the fallen matador while dashing along the streets on the way to the bullring on Sunday morning.

Reuters reports there were other bull-related casualties on the same day in Spain. Reuters write: "A Japanese man was gored in the chest and a Spanish man in the arm during the third bull-run at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. A 28-year-old Spanish man who was gored in another similar event near Valencia on Saturday died from his injuries."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/victor-barrio-bullfighter-matador-killed-gored-funeral-spain/

A classic photo of a young El Juli

Miura bull in Beziers France, August 15th, 2016

Miura bulls are notoriously large and aggressive, and here is the photo to prove it.

That bull is almost as big if not as big as that massive horse.