Bullfighting is like smoking…

…Why would anyone still do it?

I watched an actual bullfight in its entirety at lunch in the restaurant in Santa Ana, Sonora. I understand there are art forms that I might not enjoy (ballroom dancing, ice skating, synchronized swimming) but this one is kind of beyond me. I had seen where they stick pins behind the head of the bull but that is such a minute part of it all.

The matador has a sword that’s maybe two and a half feet long. After he has teased the bull (for quite a while) with his cape and it’s starting to get tired he gets his big moment. As the bull charges he plants this sword through the back of the neck at a 45 degree angle through the body. Then these clowns come out and keep the bull running back and forth until it finally gives in and lays down to die. The sword is pulled back out and the matador proudly walks around the arena with his bloody prize.

I’m not about to join PETA or anything and I don’t want to deny anyone their heritage & culture but this just doesn’t seem necessary…