Protest Against Bull Fighting, Madrid, Spain

Bullfighting also known as tauromachy (from Greek ταυρομαχία), is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal,some cities in southern France and in several Latin American countries, in which one or more bulls are ritually killed in a bullring as a public spectacle. The tradition, as it is practiced today, involves professional toreros, who execute various formal moves with banderillas, sharp barbed sticks, in order to subdue the bull itself.