Centuries of cultural tradition came to a close last week when Catalonia became the first region in Spain to vote in favour of banning bullfighting. In recent weeks, political tensions have been high in Spain, following the Constitutional Court’s decision to negate Catalonia’s legal status as a nation.
Though many will simply see the ban as an attempt to reassert Catalan identity, it has gone a step further, politicising one of Spain’s most culturally divisive traditions.
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