Thursday, May 15, 2008

Banderillero.

Here's an impressive black bull weighing in at close to 500 kilograms. The banderillero runs up to it and leaps in the air before piercing his morrillo (the muscle on the back of his neck) with the Banderilla. Even with all the funny business they pull with the bull to weaken it prior to entering the ring, it's still a terrifying experience and some banderilleros do get gored and possibly killed during the execution of this, the second act of the corrida, known as the "Suerte de Banderillas."
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