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February 2011
February 28, 2011
February 27, 2011
Tizimin Plaza de Toros
The matador Alejandro Martinez Vertiz leads the bull to the picador.
El matador Alejandro Martinez Vertiz trae el toro al picador:
Child-bullfighter Michelito Lagravere and his father watch another (Michelito's) bull charge another picador.
Novillero Michelito Lagravere y su padre miran al toro y el picador.
February 26, 2011
Tizimin Plaza de Toros
The processional entry at the bullfight in Tizimin, Yucatan, Mexico:
Los matadores entran a la plaza de toros en Tizimin, Yucatan, Mexico:
A young woman in traditional Yucatecan dress displays the name and weight of the bull.
Una mujer vestida en una manera yucateca muestra el nombre y peso del toro:
The bull enters the bullring.
El toro entra a la plaza de toros.
February 25, 2011
February 24, 2011
Tizimin Plaza de Toros
Vendors ply their goods before the bullfight in Tizimin, Yucatan, Mexico.
Fresh mangos:
A popcorn vendor hands a bag to a fan in the ground level box seats behind the wooden slats.
A vendor selling stick-candy:
Tizimin Plaza de Toros
The temporary bullring in Tizimin was unlike any structure I have ever been in! It consisted of poles, planks, and palm fronds lashed together with rope and fibers.
In fact, after seeing photos of this bullring online, I specifically planned my trip to coincide with a bullfight there. Here my friends Peter and Heidi take their seats on the third level of the scaffold-like structure.
February 22, 2011
Plaza de Toros, Tizimin
While in the Yucatan, I attended a bullfight at a temporary plaza de toros in Tizimin. I'll be posting photos from this bullfight for the next week or so.
February 21, 2011
American Flamingo
One more bird from the Yucatan, an American flamingo on a salt evaporation pond near Rio Lagartos. Tomorrow I'll have something different!
February 20, 2011
Indigo Bunting?
Is this an indigo bunting? Shot last month at the ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico.