What is Bullfighting?
[[File:CorridaTorosDesfile.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The initial procession of a ''corrida'', with three teams of bullfighters.]] [[File:Bull attacks matador.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ''suerte de capote'': matador uses cape to cause the bull to pass him.]] [[File:Matador.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Matador in the ''tercio de muerte''.]] [[File:Edouard Manet - The Bullfight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The painting ''The Bullfight'' by [[Édouard Manet]].]] [[File:Tauromaquia.png|250px|thumb| Spanish-style bullfighting around the world: {{Legend|#EB1C14|Bullfighting legal.}} {{Legend|#00D007|Bullfighting banned, which used to be traditionally practiced.}} Note: Some [[municipality|municipalities]] have [[ban|banned]] bullfighting in countries and regions where it is otherwise [[legal]].]] [[File:Bullsinspainf19.png|thumb|250px|Prevalence of bullfighting across Spanish provinces during the 19th century.]] [[File:Bullfighting_in_Spain_by_province.png|thumb|250px|Prevalence of bullfighting across Spanish provinces today.]] '''Bullfighting''' is an old [[sport]] originating in [[Spain]] hundreds of years ago. Today it is mostly done in [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and some [[Country|countries]] of [[South America]]. The largest bullring is the [[Plaza México]] in central [[Mexico City]], which seats 48,000 people,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/mexico/central_mexico.shtml |title=www.worldstadiums.com |publisher=www.worldstadiums.com |access-date=28 March 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605140518/http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/mexico/central_mexico.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the oldest is the [[Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla|La Maestranza]] in [[Seville]], Spain, which was first used for bullfighting in 1765.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.realmaestranza.com/PAGINASR/historiapt.htm |title=Plaza de Toros - Institución<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2013-01-01 |archive-date=2009-02-