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  • Touring bullfighting Lusitanos horses await unloading from their horsebox before being ridden in the ring by Cavaleiros riders at the evening's 'Corrida de Touros', on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Cavaleiros are  horseman or woman (rider), dressed in traditional 18th century costumes, fighting the bull from horseback. The horses are Portuguese Lusitanos, specially trained for the fights. These horses are usually skilled in dressage and may exhibit their art in the arena. The purpose of this fight is to stab three or four bandarilhas (small javelins) in the back of the bull. In the past, horseback bullfighters were often members of old aristocratic families. In the Portuguese version, unlike Spanish bullfights, the bull is not killed. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A Matadores pauses for a moment before entering the bullring at an evening 'Corrida de Touros', on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. A matador de toros (or "killer of bulls" from Latin mactator, killer, slayer, from mactare, to slay) is considered to be both an artist and an athlete, possessing great agility, grace, and co-ordination. The great personal danger of bullfighting adds to the performing matador's mystique; matadores are regularly injured by bulls and, concurrently, 533 professional bullfighters have been killed in the arena since 1700. In the Portuguese version, unlike Spanish bullfights, the bull is not killed. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A group of Portugese Forcados stand outside the bullring and show their camaraderie before the evening's bullfight (Corrida de Touros), on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. A forcado is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. They were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Two Portugese Forcados stand outside the bullring before the evening's bullfight (Corrida de Touros), on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. A forcado is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. They were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups. In the Portuguese version, unlike Spanish bullfights, the bull is not killed. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_caldas-07-15-07-2016.jpg
  • A group of Portugese Forcados stand outside the bullring and show their camaraderie before the evening's bullfight (Corrida de Touros), on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. A forcado is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. They were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups. In the Portuguese version, unlike Spanish bullfights, the bull is not killed. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_caldas-08-15-07-2016.jpg
  • A Cavaleiros is kissed by a child in the street while waiting for the Corrida de touros (bullfight) to begin at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
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  • A Matadores stands with a lady before a Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
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  • Town poster advertising the next Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
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  • A Matadores looks tense before a Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
    portugal_caldas-12-15-07-2016.jpg
  • Saddles belonging to the horses of the Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
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  • A Matadores waves to a friendly face before a Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
    portugal_caldas-13-15-07-2016.jpg
  • Religious icons behind the windscreen of a truck with the touring Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
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  • A Matadores stands with a lady before a Corrida de touros (bullfight) at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull.
    portugal_caldas-09-15-07-2016.jpg
  • Derelict building for sale on Avenida Dr. Lourenco Peixnho, in Aveiro, Portugal.
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  • A mother and adolescent watch the bullfighting while on a daytrip to Malaga on the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. While the boy looks amused, his mother looks nervous at the spectacle below in the bullfighting ring in the centre of town. The 70s saw an explosion of UK tourism to the Spanish costas, providing middle and working class with affordable holidays, a few hours flying time from Britain.
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  • Writer Alison (A L) Kennedy leans against the old Victorian windows of Glasgow's Botanical gardens, in Scotland. Looking serious and rather troubled, she is wearing a worn leather jacket and a tartan scarf, she looks towards the ground during her portrait session for Stern Magazine. A L Kennedy is one of Britain's most respected novelists, dramatist, newspaper columnists and more recently, stand-up comedian after her 2007 performances at the Edinburgh festival. Her books include: Paradise; Indelible Acts; On Bullfighting; Everything You Need; Original Bliss; So I Am Glad; Looking for the Possible Dance;  Night Geometry & the Garscadden Trains; Now That You're back and Life & Death of Colonel Blimp. Born in Dundee on 22nd October 1965, she was educated at Dundee High School 1970 - 1983 & Warwick University 1983 - 86 (BA Hons in Theatre Studies & Drama).
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  • Writer Alison (A L) Kennedy leans against the old Victorian windows of Glasgow's Botanical gardens, in Scotland. Looking serious and rather troubled, she is wearing a worn leather jacket and a tartan scarf, she looks towards the ground during her portrait session for Stern Magazine. A L Kennedy is one of Britain's most respected novelists, dramatist, newspaper columnists and more recently, stand-up comedian after her 2007 performances at the Edinburgh festival. Her books include: Paradise; Indelible Acts; On Bullfighting; Everything You Need; Original Bliss; So I Am Glad; Looking for the Possible Dance;  Night Geometry & the Garscadden Trains; Now That You're back and Life & Death of Colonel Blimp. Born in Dundee on 22nd October 1965, she was educated at Dundee High School 1970 - 1983 & Warwick University 1983 - 86 (BA Hons in Theatre Studies & Drama).
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  • A mother and adolescent boy sip soft drinks while on a daytrip to Malaga on the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. Wearing a floppy hat and a matching floral blue dress, the mother takes sips from her Coke bottle at an outside street kiosk outside the bullfighting ring in the centre of town. The 70s saw an explosion of UK tourism to the Spanish costas, providing middle and working class with affordable holidays, a few hours flying time from Britain.
    70s_family11-12-05-1973.jpg
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