Tourada à corda

The Tourada à corda, also Toirada à corda or Corrida de Touros à corda, is a form of bullfighting, which is only in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, and in particular the islands of Terceira and São Jorge performed.

Six Mascados because corda ( rope guardian ) keep the bull on a long rope that is fixed, for example at a fountain, and to prevent the worst, if he starts shouting at bystanders. Often the bull in the center, for example on the marketplace, released. Courageous provoke the animal. Not infrequently, too much Adventuring is taken between the horns. The breeding animals, and sometimes awarded a prize, are able to overcome high barriers. Security needy things outside of the radius of action. Shutters and windows are secured with crates, cars removed. The authorities have started to adopt registration and safety rules.

Bullfights from May to October every evening instead. Alone on Terceira there are annually 150 The first recorded Tourada was celebrated in 1622 on the occasion of the canonization of St. Francis Xavier and Ignatius of Loyola.

After the fight the bull comes back to the pasture and to obtain a recovery time of at least eight days in the case of re- use.