Bullfighting Activities

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   The Running of the Bulls

   • Pamplona, Spain
   • Activities › Bullfighting

   Liberated, obsessive, or plain mad is how you might describe aficionados (and there are many) who regularly take part in Pamplona's Sanfermines (Fiesta de San Fermín), a nonstop cacophony of music, dance, fireworks, processions - and the small matter of running alongside a handful of agitated, horn-tossing toros - that takes place from 6 to 14 July each year.

   El Encierro, the running of the bulls from their corrals to the bullring for the afternoon bullfight, takes place in Pamplona, every morning during Sanfermines. Six bulls are let loose from the Coralillos de Santo Domingo to charge across the square of the same name (a good vantage point). They continue up the…

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   Praça de Touros

   • Lisbon, Portugal
   • Activities › Bullfighting

   Lisbon's grand Praça de Touros, near Campo Pequeno metro, reopened in 2006 following six years of restoration. The red-brick Moorish style arena sees action from May to October, with fights usually on Thursday or Sunday. Tickets are on sale outside the bullring, or at higher prices from the ABEP ticket agency on Praça dos Restauradores.

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3. Bullfighting

   • Bukittinggi, Indonesia
   • Activities › Bullfighting

   West Sumatrans love a good bullfight, known locally as adu kerbau. The centres for bullfighting are the villages of Kota Baru and Batagak, between Padang and Bukittinggi. Bullfights are held irregularly, and most tours originate out of Bukittinggi; ask the local guides about upcoming events.

   It bears no resemblance to Spanish bullfighting - there is no bloodshed (except by accident) and the water buffalo bulls are unharmed, save for their reputations. The showdown matches up two animals of roughly the same size and weight who are made to lock horns in a trial of strength. The winner is whichever one forces the other into a retreat. It often ends up with both beasts…

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