If Raseteurs are quite courageous, crazy, unconsious...whatever you may think, we would think that horses would be avoiding these bulls.We know that horses are not predators. Their only way to survive is to escape.
But for some reason, Camarguais horses are not afraid of bulls.
They are cold blooded enough to stay calm and trust the instruction of the Camarguais Gardians.
This is why Camarguais horses are used in all the local folklore called Feria during which Bull races and Bull fightings are organized.
Bullfighting also called Corrida is a traditional spectacle of Latin American countries, Spain, Portugal and some cities in southern France such as Nimes and Arles. There are 2 main types of Bull Fightings:
The Spanish Corrida concludes with the killing of the bull by a sword thrust. If the bull demonstrates great courrage, he can be saved by the judges and will experience the joy of
reproduction.
The Portuguese Corrid
a, which finale consists of a tradition called the pega, where men (forcados) try to grab and hold the bull by its horns when it runs at them. Forcados are dressed in a traditional costume of damask or velvet, with long knit hats as worn by the campinos (bull headers) from Ribatejo.The Freestyle bullfighting which is a style of bullfighting developed in American rodeo is sometimes organized in Nimes but not as part of the local folklore and not during Feria. The style was developed by the rodeo clowns who protect bull riders from being trampled or gored by an angry bull. Freestyle bullfighting is a 70-second competition in which the bullfighter (rodeo clown) avoids the bull by means of dodging, jumping and use of a barrel.
Similar games from Freestyle bullfighting have been organized that are close to circus. It is called Taureaupiscine. These silly sport games are organized in an arena in the middle of which there is a free little bull and a little swimming pool. The goal is for participants to avoid the bull and avoid being too wet since the best way to escape the bull is to jump into the swimming pool.
Usually it is a soccer game with the traditional 2 teams but with 2 unusual elements: a bull and a pool. Such games are totally harmless for the bull and funny for the participants.
In all these games, the role of Camarguais horses is limited to conduct the bull from the truck to the arena. Now there is a big difference between an heavy hot blooded bull going to a corrida and a little bull going to a Taureaupiscine....
Similar games from Freestyle bullfighting have been organized that are close to circus. It is called Taureaupiscine. These silly sport games are organized in an arena in the middle of which there is a free little bull and a little swimming pool. The goal is for participants to avoid the bull and avoid being too wet since the best way to escape the bull is to jump into the swimming pool.
Usually it is a soccer game with the traditional 2 teams but with 2 unusual elements: a bull and a pool. Such games are totally harmless for the bull and funny for the participants.
In all these games, the role of Camarguais horses is limited to conduct the bull from the truck to the arena. Now there is a big difference between an heavy hot blooded bull going to a corrida and a little bull going to a Taureaupiscine....
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