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 13, 2026

Los pañuelos


A photo of los pañuelos en las plaza de toros de Ronda.

Each plaza probably has their pañuelos organized a little differently depending on the set up of el palco.

Of course the colors are standard everywhere, white to award one ear, two ears, or a tail. Hence three white handkerchiefs. Green to send a subpar bull back to the corrals, red in case they have to place las banderillas negras, blue to give the bull a vuelta al ruedo for an exceptional bull, and orange for an indulto.

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