My visit to Plaza De Toroz Las Ventas Bull Ring in Madrid
Written by Rashid Fehmi December 2017
At Plaza De Toroz - Las Ventas Bull Ring in Madrid.
Ferdinand the Bull - story written in 1936 by American author Munro Leaf
The view of one of the biggest Bull Ring in Madrid reminded me of 1936 Children's Story "Ferdinand the Bull". I had read the story and had no idea that one day I would be standing in front of a Bull Ring in Madrid, where in the story Ferdinand the bull was taken to fight as he was perceived to be big and fierce. As the story goes Ferdinand accidentally sits on a bee and gets stung. That leads him to fiercely jump up and down, run wildly, stamp and snort. The men who had come to see him were very much impressed and took him to Madrid for Bullfights. When Ferdinand is led to the ring He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight. He loved being peaceful and rather than fight smelled the flowers that lady spectators were wearing.
Even though there is a lot of opposition to Bull fights and Spaniards are more and more becoming indifferent, it is still a popular sport in Spain and total ban is still out of question. The Matadors make a lot of money - it can be as high as $ 100,000 per bullfight. But then there is always the risk of being killed.
Even though there is a lot of opposition to Bull fights and Spaniards are more and more becoming indifferent, it is still a popular sport in Spain and total ban is still out of question. The Matadors make a lot of money - it can be as high as $ 100,000 per bullfight. But then there is always the risk of being killed.
We will have to return in Summer if we really want to see a bull fight before the Sport is gone.
And then of all the places I notice the statue of Dr. Fleming, the inventor of Penicillin, that has saved many lives. It was a strange place to see the statue of an inventor, but when the guide explained it all made sense. The bulls selected for the Bull Fight are big and fierce like Ferdinand. The owners do not or most probably cannot keep them clean. One can imagine that the horns of the Bulls would carry all sorts of dirt and bacteria that grove the bullfighters. When the Bull rages and hits the Matador the injury could result in wounds. Before the invention of the Penicillin many Bull Fighters died of their wounds. To honor the contribution of Dr. Fleming Bull Fighters collected money and erected this statue in 1964. The bullfighter as a respect is offering the hat to Dr. Fleming.
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| Offering the hat to Dr. Fleming |
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| A Memorial Honoring the Bullfighters killed in the Act. |
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| It is a dangerous sport and many have been killed during the act. |
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| The Winner - or Touch Down. |
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| The Bulls have no other work but to eat and s--t. In the past many restaurants used to offer dishes cooked with the meat of the bulls killed in the bull fight. The number of restaurants serving this specialized dish is going down. |
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