Burgos will have a specific award from this year to distinguish those who keep the flame of bullfighting in their province alive. The creation of Provincial Bullfighting Award It was announced by the president of the Diputación de Burgos, Borja Suárez, during the presentation of the San Pedro Bullfighting Fair, and seeks to give visibility, support and gratitude to those professionals or entities who, with their work, maintain the cultural and human weight of the party in the region.
The prize – first of this type in the province – was born as an institutional initiative that aims to highlight not only to bullfighting figures, but also to farmers, rocks, organizers, specialized or collective means that have demonstrated a significant dedication to bullfighting from Burgos. The bases are in elaboration and, as confirmed by the Diputación, the award will be delivered already this yearin a gala that will rotate annually through different locations in the provincial territory.
It is not an idea released in a vacuum. Bullfighting in Burgos has names, squares and figures that support it. The capital has a reference coso in its category, it is already added enclaves such as Aranda de Duero, Length, Lerma, Briviesca, King Huerta, Medina de Pomar o Villadiegoamong many others. In total, more than half a hundred celebrations They are celebrated every season, including runs, bullfights and popular shows that reflect a living and rooted bullfighting tissue.
In the professional field, the province is the cradle of bullfighters such as Jesús Martínez “Morenito de Aranda” or Roberto Martín “Jarocho”, and has names as relevant as that of Antonio Bañuelosfirst level livestock and current president of the Royal Union of Bull Builders of Lidia. The rejoneador also appears on the ladder Óscar Borjas and a good number of subordinates that complete a solid structure.
The new prize comes to recognize that reality, often silent, which supports bullfighting from the territory. That a public body promotes this type of initiatives not only has symbolic value: it reinforces the link between popular culture and administration, and demonstrates that bullfighting still has its place in institutions.
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