Strategie waloryzacji Tauromachii jako dziedzictwa kulturowego w Hiszpanii
Valorization Strategies of the bullfight as the cultural heritage of Spain

Summary/Abstract: The recent controversial decision of the Parliament of Catalonia to prohibit bullfighting in Barcelona and increasingly frequent pro animal rights demonstrations have caused the reaction of fans and professional bullfighters in Spain. In an unprecedented mobilization, this group is developing strategies for recovery of bullfighting designed to preserve what he considers an art form, a cultural and ecological heritage and to a driver of the national economy.Fostering a Popular Legislative Initiative pro taurine has been the trigger for a series of measures that have managed to give some legal protection for Fiesta. One is the approval of the Law for the regulation of bullfighting Cultural Heritage (adopted by the Committee on Culture of the Congress of Deputies on October 2, 2013 and subsequently ratified by the Senate) and another commissioning – by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Government of Spain – a national strategic plan for the promotion and protection. This work aims to highlight strategies for recovery of the bullfighting, currently being developed in Spain in order to reflect on the nature of this tradition.

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