Colombian amateur bullfighters wash off dust and sand from the arena of Corralejas, a rural bullfighting festival held in Soplaviento, Colombia.

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Colombian amateur bullfighters wash off dust and sand from the arena of Corralejas, a rural bullfighting festival held in Soplaviento, Colombia, 18 December 2017. Every year during the dry season, villages and towns on the Caribbean coast of Colombia hold amateur bullfights, locally known as Corralejas. Families and people from all around meet on wooden bleachers of a temporarily built bullring to eat, drink and watch hundreds of amateur bullfighters risking their lives, taunting bulls, and showing their masculinity and courage in the arena. Unlike the corrida, the bulls in Corralejas are never killed.

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Size: 5316px × 3544px
Location: Soplaviento, Colombia
Photo credit: © Jan Sochor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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