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Los toros son una de las tradiciones españolas más conocidas en todo el mundo y forman una parte muy importante de su cultura.
Las corridas de toros como las conocemos hoy, nacen en el siglo XVIII, cuando la nobleza abandona el toreo a caballo y el pueblo comienza a hacerlo a pie, demostrando su valor y destreza. Al principio eran ejercicios de gimnasia. Hoy se considera como un bello espectáculo, un arte y una fiesta, donde el torero (el hombre) tiene que enfrentarse con el toro bravo (la bestia), animal fiero, símbolo de fortaleza.
Para comprender el toreo es necesario conocer su lenguaje, los componentes y las personas que participan en la corrida.
Se necesita tener una plaza de toros. Hay muchas plazas de toros en España. Una muy famosa es la Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza en Sevilla. En la plaza de toros, ocurre la corrida.
Generalmente, en una corrida tres toreros torean seis toros, dos cada torero. La corrida se divide en tres partes denominadas tercios que se marcan con un toque de clarín.
En el primer tercio se torea con el capote. En el segundo se ponen las "banderillas". Y en el tercero, el torero utiliza la muleta hasta matar al toro con la espada.
Si el torero lo hace bien, el público le premia con una o dos orejas del toro, y como máximo el rabo. El mayor honor para el torero es salir de la plaza a hombros de la multitud.
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Widely regarded as the UK's "second city" (and the largest of the UK's 8 "core cities"), Birmingham's reputation came into its own during the Industrial Revolution, leading to nicknames for the city such as The Workshop of the World. The city these days has a population of just over 1,000,000 people, but is more concerned with the service sector than following its history as a centre of manufacturing and engineering - though the many museums are still there to boast its rich heritage. Birmingham boasts a recorded history that goes back 1,000 years, growing from a small farming village into a huge commercial and industrial city.
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