Jan. 25, 2016
Every year, for a week, a pack of bulls is unleashed on a Mexican town.
And the town is painted, literally, red.
The religious celebration, called Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, takes place in many parts of South America, including the tiny town of Puno, Peru, where it'sone of the biggest street festivals in the world.
But no one celebrates it quite like Tlacotalpan, Mexico, where residents spend much of the week drinking boozy, homemade concoctions called "Toritos" beforeas many as 10 suitably agitated bulls are set free.
Forcibly pumped full of booze, the bulls run a gauntlet of kicks and slaps, showered in bottles, pelted with stones. Their sole purpose, seemingly, is to suffer.
The religious celebration, called Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, takes place in many parts of South America, including the tiny town of Puno, Peru, where it'sone of the biggest street festivals in the world.
But no one celebrates it quite like Tlacotalpan, Mexico, where residents spend much of the week drinking boozy, homemade concoctions called "Toritos" beforeas many as 10 suitably agitated bulls are set free.
Forcibly pumped full of booze, the bulls run a gauntlet of kicks and slaps, showered in bottles, pelted with stones. Their sole purpose, seemingly, is to suffer.
"People cut off their ears, kick them," resident Norma Salomon told Reuters back in 2009. "There is a new rule that you are not supposed to touch the bulls but after so many 'toritos' it's hard to control."
It's common for bulls to die during the festivities, frequently drowning during the climactic riverboat ride that drags the animals through the water. And, occasionally, a stray dog is even tied to the maddened bull.
If they survive the festival, traumatized animals are rounded up and let out to pasture.
More on https://www.thedodo.com/tlacotalpan-mexico-bull-festival-1571636781.html
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