Children of the World, Mosquito!!!

 

 

In our touring of the villages of Chiapas, near San Cristobal, the Capital of the Chiapas region, we came across a village that had a Bull Fighting Ring.

 

  OK, this series of photo's probably doesn't have children in it

(except for this young lad holding the sign up)

 however Mosquito was probably no more then 3 or 4 years old

so I included him in this series.

 

Olay! (isn't that a butter substitute??)

 

This is "Mosquito" (nuff said)!

 

 

These are the tourista's watching Mosquito!
(bunch of young adventure types and one old gray haired gringo)

 

 

 

This is the Matador (the bull fighter)!

 

 

 

And this is Mosquito the victorious!

 

 

 

Mosquito got a rousing "Thumbs Up" from the crowd, a sign of  approval and respect for the Bull

 and the required sign that allowed Mosquito to fight again another day
 (rather than become hamburger for the poor).

 

Most Bulls are killed by the Matador, butchered and given to the poor families of the villages.

In this case the Matador survived but probably spoke in much higher tones for a while!

 

Olay (must mean "ouch")!