MADRID – Carrying red and yellow flowers to show bullfighting is a symbol of Spanish culture, thousands of aficionados cheered on matadors who returned to Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring on Sunday for the first time since the pandemic began.
Wearing mandatory face masks and sitting in fumigated seats separated by stickers, fans watched matadors take on seven bulls in a charity contest to raise money for jobless bullfighters and other workers in the sector.
Almost all of Spain’s bullrings, or plazas, have remained closed last year due to lockdown restrictions.
A maximum of 6,000 people were allowed in to watch the bullfight – equivalent to 40 percent capacity at the arena, considered the world’s most important bullring.(Reuters)
