A Ritual of Life and Death, the Bullfight

Debbi Morello

Freelance/ The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Kill, The kill, properly done by aiming straight over the bull’s horns with one last penetration through the artery with the matador’s “estoque.” The 1,100-pound bull falls into the sand.

Debbi Morello, "A Ritual of Life and Death, the Bullfight," in POYi Archive, Item #31022, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/31022 (accessed June 17, 2025).