Bullfights – The Mallorca Photo Blog

The Seduction of the Minotaur

You may not believe me, but I have been trying to get into the Colisseu Balear, the Plaça de toros (Palma bullring), for at least five or six years, to […]

Animals

The Slow Decline and Fall of Bullfighting in Mallorca

There was a bullfight event in Palma’s Coliseo Balear the other […]

Customs & Traditions

The Taming of Young Bulls

The Plaça de Toros d’Alcúdia is more often a venue for concerts by Lou Reed or Anegats, or other public renditions, than an arena for bullfights. Twice a year, however, […]

Animals

The advertising hoardings of black toros (bulls) have added to the Spanish landscape since the Nineteen-fifties, when bulls first appeared in large, cut-out silhouettes promoting the famous Spanish Brandy, Veterano. […]

Animals

The Final Bullfight?

Yesterday, the autonomous Parlament de Catalunya in Barcelona approved with 68 against 55 votes (and 9 abstentions) a move to disallow bullfights. The new law will come into effect from […]

Animals

The Corrida In Muro

The pueblo of Muro (Mallorca) is in the middle of celebrating its Festa de Sant Joan. Or rather, has been celebrating. Yesterday was the last day of this year’s activities. […]

Animals

The Coso de Felanitx

The Festes de Sant Agustí in Felanitx are in full swing. In fact, today is the main day, the saint’s day. People not living in Felanitx might think that the […]

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No More Bullfights In Felanitx?

It would appear that the once-a-year bullfights in Felanitx, on the occasion of the annual Sant Agustí festivities, will not be happening this year, or possibly ever again. The Felanitx […]

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Sant Joan And The Bulls

Here’s the good news. The festes de Sant Joan are about to happen. In Spain, Sant Joan (also San Juan, or St. John the Baptist) is a traditional midsummer festivity […]