Teasing A Bull – What Are These People Thinking?

Bullfighting season is underway in Spain.  It runs from late in March thru October each year with bullfights held most Sundays in Madrid and Seville.  Additionally from the beginning of May thru mid-June you'll find bullfights nearly every day as part of three festivals.

One of the most popular festivals in Spain is the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona each year during the second week in July.  It's incredible the number of people who participate.  But that's not the only one.  There are dozens of festivals throughout the country where people test their bravery.....or stupidity against enraged bulls and the results aren't very pretty.

Here's an example of what happens when you taunt a bull and you have no idea what you're doing. It's obviously a cultural thing in Spain because Americans have to wonder what those people are thinking.