Bullfighting in the country – music on the planet

For anyone of The country bullfighting is really a tradition.  In bullfighting there’s a conventional song known as the Paso Doble that is performed as the matadors enter the ring.  This is often when compared with MMA walk up songs since they’re both area of the event.  Paso Doble is really a traditional song, also it can be stated to become a walk up song.  This comparison could be proven within the two videos below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS9qln6_f7g

The country is fighting between whether they would like to modernize with Europe or stay traditional.  Bullfighting is very large in The country in addition to France, and Portugal, but The country is separated from their store simply because they make use of the Toro Bravo or “Wild Bull” (Carrie 18).  Spaniards believe the Toro Bravo is really a “Wild Bull”, however in much more of a cultural as opposed to a natural sense.  In The country the term Bravo means wild and untamed in addition to fierce or ferocious.  “Tame” isn’t a positive characteristic in The country because individuals creatures can be used for meat, milk, or labor.  For the Spanish culture there’s nothing admirable a good animal that’s slaughtered or employed for plowing.  The Toro Bravo is stated to simply be native to The country.  The bull may be the “totem of Spain” since it is identified with The country along with the people of The country (Carrie 19).  The bull has been utilized like a theme because the thirteenth century.  “Rafael Alberta, the worldwide respected Spanish poet, who produced the particular symbol “Spain as toro”” (Carrie 19).

The bulls employed for bullfighting are carefully bred and they’re not educated to charge you pay instinctively (Gerry 3).  Bulls being fought against by novilleros (beginners) are elevated to 3 years of age before they a put in the ring.  But bulls being fought against by full matadors are elevated to become 4 years old before they enter in the ring.  These bulls weigh a minimum of 1,000 pounds or even more.  Bulls don’t charge in the red cape since it is red, bulls are color blind so that they charges you in the cape since it is the greatest object, plus they believe that their target is behind the cap.

All bull fights have six bulls that’ll be wiped out by three matadors.  Bull fights last about 15 minutes for everybody bull.  At the beginning of the big event the 3 matadors as well as their assistants march in to the ring towards the traditional Paso Doble (“March Rhythm”) music (Leitch 4).  The matadors would be the stars from the show and put on a unique and flashy costume.  Their costume contain a silk jacket with heavily embroidered gold, skin tight pants along with a traditional montera (bicorne hat).  A matadors costume known as a traje de luces (suit of lights) may cost several 1000 pounds.  Top matadors use a minimum of six traje de luces a season.  These costumes are members of their act or skit.  These skits are carried out combined with the Paso Doble song.

The particular bullfight has numerous steps that occur.  At the beginning of the big event the 3 matadors as well as their assistants march in to the ring towards the traditional Paso Doble music.  When a bull comes from the gates in to the arena the matador meets it with a number of maneuvers using their cape.  This video shows the start of the bullfight using the initial maneuver.

The matadors receive applauses according to his closeness towards the bulls horns, his placidity when confronted with danger, and the elegance in swinging his cape while watching bull.  The second phase from the corrida the picadors bearing lances emerge on horseback.  After the picadors on horseback lance the bull three occasions a trumpet blows signaling the banderilleros who work by walking to be released a location the banderillas (brightly adorned barbed sticks) in to the bulls’ shoulder.  By placing the banderillas in to the bulls back causes the bull to reduce its mind for that final kill (Leitch 6).  Once the banderillas are put around the bulls back another trumpet sounds signaling the faena, the last phase from the fight (Leitch 5).  These trumpets are members of the Paso Doble that’s traditional to bullfighting.

For that final stage the matador supports the muleta behind his body using the sword from the muleta making the bull charge in the bullfighter.  Without the muleta the bullfighter has become in a great deal more danger since the bullfighter has become the greatest concentrate on the bull thinks its target is behind the bull fighter.  After several passes the bullfighter will get nearer to the horns and contours the sword track of the bull for that kill.  In to get rid of the bull the matador needs to put the sword between your bulls neck.  In order to get this done the matador needs to hop over the bulls horns and jam the sword lower between your neck in to the aorta region.  This maneuver is called the “moment of truth” (Leitch 2).  The entire bull fight is proven with this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHCKWH0oxHc

Once the bullfighters first enter the ring they visit the Paso Doble song.  This song is performed at bullfighting occasions.  “Paso Doble” means two step which refers back to the marching nature from the steps, which may be counted 1, 2 for left, right (Leitch 2).  This can also be known as the “Spanish One Step” by which a measure is come to each beat of music (Gerry 4).  The Paso Doble has numerous areas of the Spanish culture.  In this dance the Torero (a mans dancer) and the cape (his partner), which dance towards the characteristic march music employed for procession at the outset of a corrida.  In The country the Paso Doble is also referred to as “El Soleo” and it is performed during the appearance of the Torero’s within the bullring (Gerry 5).  This song is dependant on the Spanish Bullfights.  It portrays the entire bullfight via a dance.  The Paso Doble dance imitates a bull fight that is proven within this video.

Music is a huge part of a lot sports and cultures.  In bullfighting the song is performed like a tradition to create the matadors in to the ring.  Trumpets play a significant role within this tradition of bullfighting.  The sport of bullfighting is harmful however it brings a culture along with the people of The country together.

Works Reported

Stanton, Edward.  Guide of Spanish Popular Culture.  Westport, Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 1999.  Print.

Douglas, Carrie.  Bulls, Bullfighting, and Spanish Identities.  The College of Arizona Press, 1997.  Print.

Leitch, Chri & Anne.  In Step Dance Studio. Electronic. April 12, 2012.

Gerry.  Spanish Fiestas. Electronic.  April 13, 2012.

Resourse: https://blogs.longwood.edu/musicintheworld/2012/04/27/bullfighting-in-the country/

"Second Chances" (Rodeo clown song) Original song by Dustin Craig

Video COMMENTS:

Matthew Hunter: Bull fighters have saved my ass a lot of nights. My respect goes to them.

Nikolai Maness: thank you so so much man. I don't get respected from my family doing it. They always told me I wasn't fast enough. I was over weight, but for any bull rider, i didn't haft to move. I sit there, and take the hit.

Mack Harrison: Even as a Bronc Rider I have nothing but respect for bull fighters :D

Festus Allcock: As a Retired Pro Rodeo Clown / Bullfighter & Barrelman. Thank you for this beautiful song. God Bless.

Kyle OBrien: respect to the rodeo clowns

Everette Thomason: in 1981 a sophmore at Texas Tech in Lubbock kept a straight back red bull off my ass. You dont talk crap bout clowns/bull fighters round me.

Eric Kessler: Thank you bullfighters for being the lifesavers for bull riders

Ty Blessing: Just wanna take a moment to say thank you to all bullfighters out there I know a few of them have saved my ass more times than I can count

Cody Wilson: Their a bull riders hero

RIO DUNN: My dad is Brain Dunn world champion bullfighter 2 times! We are training me right now cant wait to save some cowboys