Bullfighting: a bloody dying art

• Bullfighting: bloody dying art of

Bullring "Maestranza" in Seville is the oldest in Spain. The first bullfight in the arena took place in 1761. Once this spectacle draws huge crowds, but new generations less and less interested in bullfights, considering this is a cruel and barbaric. Matadors, on the contrary, claim that opponents of bullfighting is simply not able to penetrate the mystery of the ancient art of warfare.

Spanish matador David Mora, just plunge a sword into the heart of a bull in the arena, "Maestranza" in Seville, capital of Andalusia, April 11, 2016.

Spanish matador Borja Jimenez leads the bullfight arena "Maestranza" in Seville, April 4, 2016.

French matador Sebastian Castella puts electrician before the fight bulls in the arena, "Maestranza", April 7, 2016.

The Spanish picadors 26-year-old Francisco Romero, and 25-year-old Augustine Romero posing in front of bullfighting arena "Maestranza", April 5, 2016.

Spanish matador Pepe Moral before the bullfight in the arena "Maestranza", April 5, 2016.

Spanish matador Javier Jiménez makes a banner in front of bullfighting arena "Maestranza", April 5, 2016.

Assistant matador Francisco Javier Sanchez Araujo (right) passes rose Spanish matador Morante de la Puebla, which is holding a trophy - the bull's ear - in the arena of "Maestranza", April 15, 2016.

Assistant Vicente Herrera matador in the arena, "Maestranza" during a bullfight, April 7, 2016.

Spanish matador Pepe Moral, who just got a trophy in the form of a bull ear, in the arena of "Maestranza", April 5, 2016.

Spanish bullfighter Jose Maria Manzanares with muleta in the arena "Maestranza", April 9, 2016.

Assistant matador before the bullfight in the arena "Maestranza", 4 April 2016.

Spanish bullfighter Javier Castano washes away the blood he had killed the bull, which is squirted into his face, after the bullfighting arena "Maestranza", April 17, 2016.