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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