weekend of 27 and 28 November took place the last days of this second edition of the Introductory Course for bullfighting fans.
On Saturday morning there was a speech of Martin Eduardo Peñate, livestock, President of the Association of Fighting Bulls Livestock and Managing Director and spokesman for the Bureau of bull. For about an hour we were talking about how, in his opinion, one of the biggest problems is the lack of importance Fiesta which gives the bull and how it is derived from the small union of farmers and low prices. He hoped that the significant costs involved in organizing a celebration of bullfighting, the bulls purchase represents approximately 6% and that in any economic activity who represents 6% of the costs has real relevance. This percentage would have been reduced very substantially over the twentieth century. Furthermore, the figures now, companies and suppliers who choose bulls, rather than the farmer. He also spoke of the multitude of all kinds bullfights that take place throughout the season and for which the bulls and heifers bull bites are a very small percentage. Defended those shows for their economic importance to the farmer and the large social impact that this mode has the bullfighting in many villages. For him, there is a problem that many bulls are in the field because what happens is that every farmer is the remains of litters that are divisible by six.
Curiously, described the division that occurred many years among the farmers of the Union and the Association to deal with in the first bullfights and chopped novilladas Association and the rest of festivities and how that resulted in a significant economic advantage for farmers of the Association, so that the Union requested breaking the covenant, but without any implication that some animals are better than others (and was told the story.) And also told the story of the Mesa del Toro and, in particular, how important was the exposure was organized in Brussels to consider when discussing bullfighting in the European Parliament.
Ultimately, his proposal to improve the party was based, above all, was that an agreement was reached on prices so that you could not sell any animal below the average production cost thereof. So, with no price competition below the minimum, try to buy the best animals, not the cheapest. He agreed
with Martin-Peñate in the past and acknowledge that the vision of the party that has completely different from mine. No doubt his sincerity or his hobby, his work or his efforts to uphold the Fiesta. But I doubt whether it wants to defend the Party as ritual and as liturgy (which is my view) or as a business selling livestock (which is yours). Obviously, insistently repeating how important are the thousands of celebrations with fighting animals that exist in many towns in Spain and the need to reach agreement on the price of animals for all the festivities (including these) is to put the focus problem in a place that never entered my mind, or think it's relevant. No doubt there underlying debate is whether bullfighting spectacle is best defended as elitist (intellectually, not in economics) or the generalization of festivities. That is, doing less festivities, but with greater predictability in the behavior of animals (via better selection) and increased exposure and commitment of the bullfighters (less celebrations), or if there is to do many celebrations in all possible sites to be a big turnout and so politicians are more difficult to ban them. I think you have to tend to the former, to which every celebration is an event. However, those who are defending the Fiesta at the Mesa del Toro go the other way, and I do not know if by real conviction or because, while they are defending their negociete.
Regarding the agreement on price, no matter what you explain to this gentleman, he says that this pathway is to be taken and that he himself has decided that this is legal. Whether you be told that the pricing agreements are contrary to competition law, we can not talk about average costs ... Whether you are told that indeed the dumping is prohibited and that whoever acts against dumping, but did not reach a price agreement in a legally enforceable against all sector employers in the same. Anyway, he has decided that this is so and is not ready to accept any negative opinion. Actually changes the gesture and attacked the Court of Competition when they remember they have already stirred well to all livestock associations a few years ago to impose conditions of sale of the bulls to their partners. In the background, reminds me of some young entrepreneurs who believe that to protect your business you have to do is put all agree and share the market. And do not stop to analyze (not able to do so) if it violates the current laws, what is the reality of the current economy ... The defense of the Fiesta is in the hands of people who think this way bothers me. But it is what it is.
On Saturday afternoon there was discussion selected twenty of which went to stand in front of the cows on Sunday morning in the Perez Brothers Livestock Villena, near Valdemorillo. Pretty but chilly Sunday morning (slightly less in the large square cover), and interesting practical test with the boat and directing Boni school kids who stopped first animals and the fans who stood in front of them later. Some took a heavy bump because some of the cows developed a safety hazard. Good day, stew, and home delivery of diplomas.
For the curious, I stood before the animals because I do not take the exam. I had to leave Saturday after the morning session to Logroño to give a lecture at the Rock The Remove. Superb hospitality and great time we spent in both the conference and in the back while taking good Rioja wines and great food. Interesting work that makes this rock disseminating the most varied aspects of the festival.
Thanks also to Pedro Mari here Azofra for his article in the Courier and Pablo García Mancha English for the interview last Thursday on his radio show.
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