The Spanish invent a new, murder-free, style of bullfighting
Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by Mike under combat sport, sportsThe traditions and pageantry of bullfighting are far from being universally loved in the sports native country. Take these people for example…


That was a anti-bullfighting protest that took place in Las Ventas in May that was staged by the animal rights group, Equanimal. The participants stripped down to their ropa interior and covered themselves in fake blood and picadores - which are the spears that matadors use to stab the bull during the bull fight.
The people of San Sebastien, a small town in Central Spain which is best known as a great place to go on a country jaunt if you’re living in a Hemingway novel, have come up with their own alternative to Bullfighting that they feel is more humane. It’s called bull dallying - as in dillydallying? - and involves no swords and certainly no killing of the bull. You just bait the bull into running at you, then hope that your range of joint motion doesn’t fail you now.
According to Google translator, the word dally does not exist in the Spanish language. However, in English, it can mean to waste time or to play mockingly. One of these guys is definitely dallying. The other has murder/death/kill in mind.
Check out some more photos via Xinhua
Spain Invents New Style of Bull Fight (Oddity Central)





September 4th, 2009 at 9:06 am
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September 4th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Corridas means bullfights. You meant to say picadores or sword.
September 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
This isn’t new, it’s called Course Landaise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_Landaise
September 6th, 2009 at 8:08 am
[...] The Spanish have had enough of PETA’s petty bitching and whining. They’ve made some changes to bull fighting so the would-be matadors are the only ones likely to be stabbed. (Steady Burn) [...]