A Battle Won! (but not for the souvenir industry)
Catalunya won its battle against bull-fighting yesterday as the government finally banned it. People have been rallying against it for a while. Just last week I saw this stand in Borne by the city hall building. This opposition to bull-fighting is one of the things that differs between this region of Spain and others.
As an outsider here, one question that popped to mind is what’s going to happen to all the bull-fighting souvernirs one sees displayed along the Ramblas? What was once a symbol of a cultural pastime is now only a memory. Who’ll buy a bull statue now that the story is lost? Or will it become a kitsch collector item - something that will get more valuable because it no longer exists?
