Why Learn Spanish in Spain and Mexico?
If you are not familiar with corridas de toros (bullfights),LEARN spanish WITH ABROAD LANGUAGES here is what happens in order, so that you can decide by yourself whether you want to see one when you are in Spain. A corrida starts with the paseillo, when everybody involved in the bullfight enters the ring and presents themselves to the president and public. Two alguacilillos on horseback look up to the president’s box and symbolically ask for the keys to the puerta de los toriles. Behind that door the bulls are waiting. When the door opens and the first bull enters the spectacle starts for real. It consists of three parts, called tercios (“thirds”), the separation of which is signalled with a bugle call. There are three toreros-bullfighters (the better-known word “toreador” is actually never used in modern spanish)-in each corrida, each being allotted two bulls. In the first tercio the bullfighter uses the capote, a rather large cape that is a pinkish-mauve colour on one side and yellow
