A Ritual of Life and Death, the Bullfight

Debbi Morello

Freelance/ The San Diego Union-Tribune

Gored, Antonio Barrera is gored by the bull. It is in the last phase of the bullfight, the faena, after the bull is weakened and slowed, the bull becomes more wary and now senses his true enemy. Most gorings occur at this time.

Debbi Morello, "A Ritual of Life and Death, the Bullfight," in POYi Archive, Item #31020, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/31020 (accessed June 17, 2025).