Hispanic Heritage Month: Sexy Matador Bulges!

October 2, 2024
ALEXANDER

Sexy Matador Bulges: Hispanic Heritage Month:

Part of the Latin culture is the mighty matador. Usually thin and lithe, matadors wear the tightest of tightest pants, showing off every curve and bulge as they move around the arena. Often adorned with brocade and golden adornments, also with a pair of tights, it can be more than a little homoerotic. Photographer Quentin de Ladelune has been capturing the beautiful looks and movements of some of today's top matadors. His camera doesn't stray far from all the man bits that we are staring at. How do you say bulge in Spanish?

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There is no exact history of bullfighting and its origins, although depictions of such have been found in Crete (around 1500 BCE), and strong history in medieval Spain. Ancient Rome also engaged in spectacles involving bulls. The Iberians started incorporating skins and cloaks a precursor to the matador's cape. Bullfighting in the Iberian peninsula still draws large crowds.

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Bull-lancing tournaments became the top sport of the aristocracy after the Muslims were driven out of Spain in the 15th century. It was one of the most popular, early professional bullfighters, Joaquín Rodríguez Costillares who started incorporating elaborate embroidered costumes and adding a style of pomp and pageantry to the proceedings. The early version of the present-day matadors. Thank you, Joaquín, for starting the super tight pant tradition. You can literally see every outline of every body part.

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In the late 18th century, painter Francisco de Goya designed a detailed and elaborate professional uniform for bullfighters that was worn during fancy gala occasions. A lot of his artwork consisted of sketches of bullfights.

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Bullfighting has become a contested sport as many animal activist groups defer to the mistreatment of the bulls. In some Spanish areas, bullfighting has been restricted. Still, matadors continue to become superstars in their field.

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Novice matadors must go through a series of training. First, they are trained as becerristas (only fighting two-year-old bulls), then as novilleros sin picadores (fighting two- and three-year-old bulls without a lance rider), and finally with a lance rider until they receive the alternative, the ceremony during which a senior matador honors the novice with a professional status. We think a matador's bulge should get its own ceremony.