Why Does Bullfighting Still Exist In Spain? | Alex Polizzi's Secret Spain | TRACKS

Presenter Alex Polizzi heads to inland Spain, enjoying the history, art and culture of Madrid. She sees cafes that specialize in only hot chocolate and churros, a late night favorite, and learns more about the complicated history of bullfighting, speaking to a matador about the history of the culture. She then visits the picturesque town whose windmills inspired some of the anecdotes in Don Quixote, meeting a former monk who built a huge cathedral by himself, and ending up in the beautiful old university town of Salamanca, a Unesco World Heritage site.
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[@luisduarte4490]

Viva Los Toros! Viva la Tauromaquia desde de Portugal!

[@tomb.2224]

brown hands typed this

[@ManuelGarcia-vt1hk]

How can there be people who anjoy seeing how an animal SUFFERS !Thank goodness it look lake this is going to end in a few years..

[@alanajoson4023]

Visit the Philippines, they got cockfighting over there. 😂

[@GEKWINS]

I interned at my Library, here in New Mexico and San Francisco. Near El Paso on the Border, firsts book that I picked up was the “Dangerous Summer” by Ernest Hemigway. Just cause my First Name Is Ernest, and the Corrida goes back 2 Ancient Rome. I dated a Navajo girl up on the Rez.. Those Natives keep everything beyond reproach… lol

[@sirmanolo]

Sick of English speaking moralists who don't understand anything about bullfighting and come and judge this without having NO IDEA what it is. Even the word "bullfighting" is wrong because its not a fight.

[@aoifeduffy3913]

NO es cultura la matanza y tortura de un animal. NO hay excusa para este lamentable acto y es absolutamente despreciable que todavía haya gente que quiera defender esto como "cultura" pero ataque culturas como la catalana, basca, gallega, etc. y lo defiendan en nombre de la patria española. Esto huele a Franco y huele a fascismo.

[@sharonlee4773]

Exactly. Its a barbaric ritualistic public murder! Spain WILL join the 21st Century eventually tho.

[@fionagee8373]

No it's not a fair fight, it's backward, cruel and re traditions, outdated as with foxhunting. Small memberd men trying to show us how weak and pathetic they are in an unfair torture of an animal. Utterly pathetic

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

​@@fionagee8373 Didn't you read the above comment? The English terminology is misleading. It's NOT a fight or a sport where the notion of 'fair play' applies. It's a sacrificial ritual and the death of the bull is the entire POINT. Plus all cattle we breed are eventually destined for meat. Prior to their day in the ring fighting bulls live like kings on free pasture for up to 6 years, while your average beef cattle are slaughtered at under 2 years old and more often than not spend that short life in miserable conditions. The bull in the arena is fired up on adrenaline and doesn't know what's coming until the very end, a task which the matador HAS to finish within a strict time limit. Compared to ordinary cattle which might wait for their turn at the abattoir for hours, knowing what awaits them. And the pressure of the production line means death is by no means always humane, it merely takes place where the public can't see it.

[@coryfice1881]

@@diarmuidkuhle8181 It's a pathetic primitive sport. If the Aztecs engaged in bullfighting you lot would of called it what it was, but cause this is a white man's blood sport and was propped up by uncle Franco it gets a pass.

[@tigerbunnyproductions8281]

sick sick sick

[@internettroll1344]

You are a baby

[@geordiejones2]

Its Horrific, WHY ????

[@mkbeefmasters]

Ole Maja!!

[@NoNameNo.5]

I’m an American and I stayed in Spain for 3 months….and it’s amazing and beautiful. They should not give up this beautiful tradition. It’s has to be seen in person to be understood. We hunt and fish here in America…but most people eat meat from slaughterhouses….the matador and the bull, both can die. People will next be arguing against fishing for the cruelty of reeling an animal in by its face? Come on

[@espanaunagrandeylibre.1305]

Thanks my friend. Bullfighting fans are not violent as leftists say. In addition, the meat of the bull is used as food and is a highly appreciated meat.

[@NoNameNo.5]

@@espanaunagrandeylibre.1305 I plan to return to Spain one day, don’t give up your culture and tradition to these zealots who don’t understand. Never surrender! Via Con Dios.

[@heathert5455]

I never been to Spain, I would like to go sometime and watch a bull fight and engage other culture delights, but I have to agree with you. I am also from the US and if I recall people were complaining how bullriding is also cruel and should be banned here because we use spurs to get them to buck and bulls are also not built for riding.

[@HHH-vi1wn]

España sin corrida de Toros no Es España!! Un abrazo Para los aficionados desde Alemania 🇩🇪🇪🇦

[@augustinlozano3054]

pero no con la muerte de un toro !

[@HHH-vi1wn]

@@augustinlozano3054 todos tenemos que morir un dia

[@augustinlozano3054]

pero no con una espada ! @@HHH-vi1wn

[@KraftyKanine]

ie ond nid adloniant i bobl eraill! Almaenwyr budr a Mecsicaniaid

[@HHH-vi1wn]

@@KraftyKanine ddrrtuijbg bbgfdxfhkiug nkjhfdst

[@andretmadrid]

¡Enhorabuena a España por mantener sus tradiciones y su cultura!

[@Blush.kook97]

You have a special place reserved in heII

[@KraftyKanine]

Even if it means death? I think not

[@andretmadrid]

@@KraftyKanine Yeah... You can think what you want... 😴

[@KraftyKanine]

@@andretmadrid and I will

[@andretmadrid]

@@KraftyKanine 😴

[@majie1018]

That monk at 92 and did that in 55 years. What love he has for Christ. Unfortunately, he will not be able to complete his work. If it was on a smaller scale, his vision would have been accomplished. I hope he gets to meet Christ in his next journey! A very devoted follower of Christ indeed!

[@nils-olovjohansson6840]

Thanks for many wonderful programs

[@heathert5455]

In response to the title of the documentary, people might wonder why we still ride bulls in the United States. Does it matter? It is a part of their culture and heritage, and the bull is eaten afterward, and sometimes the bull is pardoned (aka: not killed).

[@green_beret8567]

because we are a superior country 🦅🦅🦅✋✋✋🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

[@geordiejones2]

A person that likes to see an animal injured, hurt, and bleeding in pain, needs mental health help !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOCKING.

[@UrClipped827]

It isn't 650 kilos of pure rage its a bull forced to fight to the death against its will slowly dying in pain.

[@andretmadrid]

Congratulations to Spain for maintaining its traditions and its culture!

[@sharonlee4773]

Culture?? Whats cultured about weakening the animal before it starts then pushing it out into a ring to certain death while the greasy guy in the hat is armed?? That aint Sport my friend, thats called Barbarism! Spain needs dragging into the 21st Century. Which will happen within the next 30 years.

[@fionagee8373]

Proof some people never evolv. Weak men trying to show they have balls, by torturing animals. Pathetic

[@andretmadrid]

@@fionagee8373 woke typical comment 😴

[@ez_556]

Umm nobody asked?

[@yassasloan7308]

yep, it's nice to see they kept all the Islamic music, buildings, and infrastructure and claim it as their own👍🏽

[@jabato9779]

Bullfights only can disappear when they become not profitable. There is a big business around it and many people love it. Oh, and when they disappear that kind of bull will also become extinct, as nobody will pay for raising them (4 years roaming freely in the countryside is expensive).

[@pepemotosmoreno3020]

The majority of spaniards are against bullfighting

[@MrThedestroy3r]

Más del 50% de la gente cree que no debería prohibirse.

[@sharonlee4773]

In which case the majority of Spaniards should be protesting against it until its stopped.

[@diegogomez1682]

No absolutely no .Spaniards still love bullfighting I went to San fermin it was awesome

[@diegogomez1682]

​@sharonlee4773 why?

[@sharonlee4773]

Because it's barbaric and belongs in the Dark Ages!@@diegogomez1682

[@jambroqc]

Spain is truly a fascinating country.

[@Brando-wc8fz]

NO ITS NOT

[@pvught390]

A cowardly country

[@sharonlee4773]

Itd be a damn sight better when this barbaric evil ends!

[@fionagee8373]

Mostly except for this vile pointless cruelty, so pretty backwards and grasping at times past re cruelty for money. Evolve

[@louieblair1203]

​@@sharonlee4773can't even type proper English 😂😂😂😂

[@jesusmagana8228]

The British have always for thousands of years envied Spain 🇪🇸 even the Anglo Americans have fallow the trails of the Spanish conquistadors. Even in Mexico 🇲🇽 have been said that Mexicans where very lucky that Spanish people arrive, just imagine Mexico been invaded by the British or Anglo-Americans. And just to say Spain must remain the same SPAIN 🇪🇸 ARRIBA 👆🏻 ESPAÑA 🇪🇸 NEVER EVER surrender

[@nils-olovjohansson6840]

Why Does War Still Exist In The world ????

[@TheGaztela]

Tiene aún su público, aunque afortunadamente cada vez menos. Es una tradición bárbara, de otros tiempos. A mi abuelo le gustaban, pero al resto de la familia o nos aburrían o desagradaban.

[@internettroll1344]

Sure bro

[@Merry19ss]

Porque combinan religión con la tradicional de la tauromaquia.

[@xunovazquez1891]

I am very proud of being a Spaniard but that does not mean that I glorify some of their past dark history and I am definitely against BULLFIGHTING. It is a CRUEL and BARBARIC sport.

[@Srinivas-su6zs]

You are cruel

[@muhammadsaleh290]

That was a nice report.. Regarding the Bullfighting, I like to add this : What was mentioned in the commandment of Imam Ali (the 4th ruler in Islam, and the Prophet Mohammed son-in-law), for those who collect alms (taxes) .. an elegant example of animals rights: 🌴 (( Do not horrify an animal nor frighten it. Instruct your trustee (your employees ) not to separate calves from their mothers… not to deviate them from grasslands to the steeds of the roads, let them rest once in a while, and give enough time for (fresh water) and grazing)). 🌴

[@sunnypie2]

He looks like Ronald Reagan

[@rubenhayk5514]

Maybe one day Spain will be civilised and stop bullfighting.

[@NoNameNo.5]

Will they still slaughter animals in factories tho?

[@mrpotatoguy1]

@@NoNameNo.5 animal meat is the healthiest diet for humans. everything else is kinda bad for us.

[@NoNameNo.5]

@@mrpotatoguy1 of course. It just amazes me that some weirdos complain

[@mrpotatoguy1]

@@NoNameNo.5 Who complained?

[@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd]

Bullfighting is an ancient tradition that dates back to the origins of Mediterranean civilizations. It is a miracle that they still exist, however I believe and wish that sooner rather than later they would end up disappearing, because although a bullfight has an undoubted artistic component, it is still an act of cruelty. I believe that the movements in Spain against bullfighting in Spain are a mistake, today it is a very minority spectacle and that this opposition movement only reinforces them, bullfighting will disappear because they are no longer profitable, they are heavily subsidized and yet less and less public

[@sarahpena9501]

Bullfighting is not in my culture, my family is from Galicia and I've lived in Catalonia for many years and we do not have it in our culture in either regions. And I don't enjoy it at all and I can assure you that I've never set foot in a bullfighting arena

[@sharonlee4773]

Spread the word- this barbaric evil needs stopping!

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Then you don't know your own regional history. Catalonia was one of the places where bullfighting was most extensively practiced ;Barcelona alone had 3 of the most famous bullrings and that's not exactly long ago. The main reason for the ban was because the Catalan independence movement (which btw I support) wanted to be seen to reject something that is particularly perceived as 'Spanish'. It was political symbolism far more than any concern for the bulls.

[@Heritagius]

sickening

[@ish2305]

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BULLFIGHTING

[@JayMillyPowerKingdom]

facts

[@litchi4507]

Hypocrisy.

[@costa328]

How is Spain with the Muslim take over

[@lordmalo1950]

Stupid question !! It’s in their culture and they love it

[@JP-en7cc]

? We don't. Like 90% of the population is against it and it is forbiden in some places

[@intellectualnerd4544]

​@@JP-en7cc Who is we?I love it.

[@JP-en7cc]

@@intellectualnerd4544 "we" is the set of people living in Spain. I'm not surprised you are part of ones who love bullfighting, considering you couldn't even understand what I meant by "we"

[@intellectualnerd4544]

I ask that because when you said ''we'' in the context in which you used the pronoun,it meant you were speaking for all spaniards.I clearly understood your statement that is why I asked that question because your assertion doesn't not represent the other group like me who love it.

[@JP-en7cc]

@@intellectualnerd4544 My man does not know what a generalisation based on the vast mayority means 💀

[@Humanshieldchorus00]

I'm Irish and to be honest, i do find it a little brutal, however i also know its none of my business and i have no right to say anything about it, because, culturally, i dont and cant understand. I can appreciate the artisty of it . I read Death in the Afternoon and it gave me a great understanding of it. Although i do know i shouldn't chastise a Spainsh person who loves it, its nothing to do with me.

[@NeilHaran]

What is artistic about painting the grounds with the blood of an innocent animal in such a cruel way?

[@marinyapfff]

Dude, just because there is no such tradition in your culture doesn't mean that you shouldn't voice out against this brutality wtf? does it have to hurt you to fvking make a noise about something wrong? There is nothing artistic about that shut up

[@jauncel]

Why not?

[@tylerufen]

oh not her again...

[@fillipschris9510]

This presenter is such a self regarding individual. The presenter is so concentrated on themselve and do not portray any emphasis on to the welfare of the animal in 2024 rather the presenter concentrates on the importance of tradition. Tradition has been an excuse for many inhumane acts for thousands of years.

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

is more like a Satanic ritual

[@candabapampanga]

Bullfighting is great! I love it!

[@louieblair1203]

Why does Spanish bullfighting still happen in Spain. Simple because people want to go and watch these modern day gladiators slay the beast's And people want to see these events. Because contrary to the woke snowflakes in Europe, the uk and the USA. Bullfighting is dangerous and though the bull dies whether it wins or losses. There is still a very good chance of matador's dying from being stabbed and trampled by the bull. So it's not an exaggeration, they really are modern day gladiator's And i like watching these fights 😊😊 Now, to hear all the woke young highly emotional vegan snowflakes have an emotional outbursts 😊

[@alanspafford1021]

You like watching these "fights" ?? Then you are sick. Anyone who finds pleasure in watching an animal being tortured to death is a very depraved person. End of.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

I don't find Usa or Europe are full of woke people at all. Usa is full of all kinds of machine guns, guns, rifles, and all kinds of armory without any regulation. Mass shootings are one day yes and the other not. Police continues to brutalize people and Americans not only will never compensate the slave descendants of her robbed wealth (trough unpaid labour) But racism and hate to them are well and alive. What we can said about amerindians and Mexicans in USA 3/4 parts of the same. That inside USA. Outside Us continues to be the biggest empire still at the bussines of war and plunder and the military industrial complex is the real King of the country. What we can say about France and his colonial empire? What about his French Legion?. Well the FN (front national) from Le Pen will probably win the next elections. So they are exactly like Magats: uneducated bigoted people wanting to repeat the same errors of the past. What to say about the UK? Well they have perpetrated his Brexit and i think they are longing for the days of the Malvina's war. So don't worry, unfortunately the world is not woke is well sleep walking behind the blind men who drag us into the precipice. By the way i'm one Spaniard 🇪🇸 and i support and love bullfight bit i also love that we aren't so racist and so colonialist and so imperialist as the current non-woke westerners are. Never in a million years we would call our latino brothers as another "race" The white supremacist scattered trough all the west for me as the same as vermin and rats my friend. Thank God here we aren't inbreed morons. So you can love bullfights and be woke by your standards i'm afraid. Let's hope people doesn't elect that Hitler.2 (Don the con) Or the Usa and the west is going to the dogs. Have a nice day from Spain my friend

[@manolososadavinci1937]

1 word tradition.

[@meaganalvarez1698]

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. The bull is taken against his own will to do this. Pure evil

[@ashokpgoswami9745]

Animal cruelty

[@diegogomez1682]

Do you eat meat ? If you answer yes you should not talk about banning the bullfights

[@lou626]

Yeah. So? Watcha gonna do about it? Save all the bulls? Nah

[@MASC9]

Pure art and courage!

[@parkinkevin]

This culture disgusts me

[@MASC9]

Is the best on earth!

[@marinyapfff]

@@MASC9barbarian

[@nick_czem_nick656]

Are children allowed to watch this?

[@imnotsmartlikeyou75]

I didn't watch the video, I must admit because of the title. Mind your business. Its not your country or culture. I would say do your research but its useless. I love Spain. I love the people of Spain. Im going back every chance i can. The history should be taught in all schools everywhere about Spain. I can wait to go back and see a bullfight. The ultimate theater. The show. Miss we need you in Chicago telling the locals to stop killing each other, please stop by