Video: Mexican bullfighting: young calves and dwarf bullfighters
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
One of the most scandalous Mexican spectacles is a bullfight with the participation of dwarfs! Minitoreadors running around the calves evoke both righteous anger and ingenuous laughter from the audience. Some talk about immorality, others have fun, and the dwarfs themselves get the opportunity to find a decently paid job. Due to strong discrimination against workers, the public organization of dwarfs is forced to hold this event in order to somehow support its people.
Mexican bullfighting differs in many ways from traditional Spanish bullfighting as it looks more like a comedy performance than a sport. The main goal of the dwarf bullfighters is to make the audience laugh. The first such performances began in Mexico City in the 1970s. Then a group of twenty bullfighters was assembled, who toured the surrounding areas.
For the show, the dwarfs disguise themselves as clowns and superheroes in order to amuse and surprise the audience. Each of the artists is constantly improving their skills, coming up with a variety of new tricks, because the competition among dwarf bullfighters is very great! For a performance, each bullfighter earns about a hundred dollars.
Bullfighting has become a part of the culture of many countries of the world. In addition to the Mexican one, there is the Indian bullfighting Jallikattu, which is distinguished by the fact that during this sporting event the locals try to ride an angry bull. But the peculiarity of the Portuguese is that women-forcadas participate in it, whose goal is not to kill the bull, but only to tease him!
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