Spain's Culture ministry announced successful May its volition to cancel nan award, which had been fixed annually since 2013. ‘Society's values and feelings towards bullfighting person evolved,’ nan authorities said.
Spain's Ministry of Culture has abandoned nan National Bullfighting Award, a prize that was fixed annually to individuals aliases organisations from nan world of bullfighting.
The demise of nan prize, which was created successful 2011 and first awarded successful 2013, was announced successful May by Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun. His section refused to organise this year's version and past began nan process to retreat nan honour definitively
The bid was published Friday successful nan official journal.
‘Society's values and feelings astir bullfighting person been evolving,’ nan ministry argues successful nan text.
The civilization section says that immoderate of these events ‘are rejected by wide sectors of nine arsenic an unacceptable shape of unit against animals’.
Endowed pinch 30,000 euros, it was portion of nan database of nationalist prizes that nan Spanish authorities awards annually to outstanding individuals and organisations successful different creator disciplines, specified arsenic literature, photography, euphony aliases manner design.
What support does bullfighting really person successful Spain today?
Before adopting nan decision, nan ministry carried retired a consultation to stitchery citizens’ opinion. According to Spanish media, much than 90% of nan comments received supported nan withdrawal of nan award.
In May, nan Minister of Culture pointed retired that only 1.9% of nan organization attends bullfighting events, according to nan latest information from nan government's Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices successful Spain.
However, bullfighting supporters declare these figures mention to 2021-2022, erstwhile location were still COVID-19 restrictions affecting each taste activities successful general.
Prior to nan pandemic, successful 2018-2019, astir 8% of nan organization had attended bullfighting events successful nan erstwhile year. The first data, from 2006-2007, showed a percent of 9.8%.
In immoderate case, nan charismatic statistic mention to spectacles specified arsenic nan celebrated corridas - 412 successful 2022 -, successful which a bullfighter faces nan animal successful a bullring, and different events specified arsenic rejoneo, successful which he mounts a horse.
There are different celebrated festivities involving bulls, specified arsenic those held successful galore towns during nan summer, for which nary precise information are available.
This is nan lawsuit of nan bous al carrer, held successful nan Valencian Community region, successful which a bull is released into an enclosed abstraction and assistants, who dare, participate to get its attraction and tally distant erstwhile it approaches.
The Valencian region held nan astir gatherings of this benignant successful 2022; pinch 8702 events according to nan ministry's Statistics connected Bullfighting Affairs. In nan full country, 16,868 were held, including different modalities.
The blimpish Popular Party, nan main opposition, said it will reinstate nan National Bullfighting Award if it returns to government.
Additional sources • elDiario.es, EFE
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