bullfighting
physical contest that involves a bullfighter and a bull
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Summary
bullfighting ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,416 views/month, #430 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Location: bullring[2]
- Subclass of: show[3], blood sport[4], animal combat sport[5]
- Commons category: Bullfighting[6]
- Said to be the same as: bullfighting festival[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bullfighting[8]
- Commons gallery: Taureaux[9]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=bullfighting[10]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[11], Royal Spanish Academy[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
- Different from: bull wrestling[15]
- Uses: bull[16]
- Practiced by: bullfighter[17], rejoneador[18], matador[19], banderillero[20], novillero[21]
- Intangible cultural heritage status: bien de interés cultural[22]
Why It Matters
bullfighting has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] bullfighting is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]