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Las Ventas, Madrid, May 23, 2007. This was the debut fight for the young bullfighter facing the mortally wounded bull. He was understandably cocky. The bull keeled over a couple of minutes later and there wasn’t a single scratch on the matador.
I was fortunate enough to visit Madrid during Feria de San Isidro, which meant a bullfight every day, so it was easy to get seats even at the last moment. Legend has it that Saint Isidore (patron saint of Madrid) was an impoverished farm worker who, along with his wife Santa Maria de la Cabeza, became famous for giving food to the poor. Once during a drought, he broke the earth with a scythe which brought forth a spring of water which gave sufficient water to supply all of Madrid. On another occasion their son fell into a deep well and, at the prayers of his parents, the water of the well is said to have risen miraculously to the level of the ground, bringing the child with it, alive and well. Isidore and Maria then vowed continence and lived in separate houses.
Posted on September 13th, 2007 under Web • Tags: bullfight, flickr, madrid, photo, sepia. • 
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