Bullfighting Catalan Flags

Posted by Zeeshan on July 28, 2010

Bullfighting

BARCELONA, Spain – The lawmakers of the outlawed bullfighting in Catalonia on Wednesday when its first major regions of Spain to ban the deadly ballet, secular between matador and beast after a fierce debate between animal rights against a column of Culture . Cheers exploded in the traditional 135-seat Parliament after announcing the local ban had increased from 68 to 55 with nine abstentions. The ban takes effect in 2012 in north-eastern coast, its capital is an area Barcelona.Catalonia rich and powerful in its own language and culture and a high degree of autonomy. Many in Spain have seen the pressure to ban the corrida as a new attempt by Catalonia to stand out from the rest of the country.

The practical effect of the prohibition is limited: Catalonia simple operation arenas of Barcelona, while another is to become obsolete in a mall. He stages a fight 15 years rarely sold a total of approximately 1,000 attacks season.Still, bullfighting fans and Spanish conservatives have taken seriously the drama, and a stinging rebuke to anti-Spanish base of drive anti-bullfight began in the latter region year.But Puigcercos Joan, a member of a party of Catalan independence, insisted that this was not political or national identity, but rather “the suffering of the animal. That is the issue, and nothing more. ”

The regional parliament in Barcelona has signed a law to ban bullfighting in Catalonia resolution. The vote was 68 votes in favor of the ban, 55 against and nine abstentions. At least a few hundred bulls die in the region because of the decision, but what were the real reasons behind this ban? The decision comes after years of opposition in the region, which has been the case for animal rights mixed with Catalan nationalism as the region tries to stand out from the rest of Spain. The separatists have taken advantage of the emotional event for the bullfight to attract international attention to the plight “of the” repression “Catalan nation. Campaigns against bullfighting in Catalonia is always accompanied by the Catalan flag.