When on October 29, Dana tragedy occurred in Valencia, the bullfighter Vicente Ruiz el Soro He fought not by the hair but by his knee. The next day, I had a leg intervention scheduled and that is why it had been low in the weekly food organized in Requena a group of friends who usually extend the afternoon with the game of Mus. “As I had to operate, I told them that I was better at home and my father -in -law, not going, because I also annulled. I’m sure I had gone, I would have taken the Dana at some point on the trip,” recalls the soro. That day, many lives of good friends and many houses and businesses were lost. Therefore, the first thing he told his wife, Eva, when the news jumped is that he had to start a bullfighting festival to help all those victims of a misfortune from which they still recover “very slowly”, as emphasize.
Well, it will not be one but six the festivals that are already underway and that start this Saturday, February 8, in the Requena bullring with a sign that make up the rejoneador Roberto Armendáriz and the bullfighters Ortega Cano, Manolo Carrión, Antonio Ferrera, Manuel Escribano, Nek Romero and the bullfighters Juan Alberto Torrijos and Bruno Gimeno. The next appointment will be on the 23rd in the Plaza de Utiel, with Diego Ventura, Enrique Ponce, Vicente Barrera, José María Manzanares, Cayetano, Emilio Justo, Simón Andreu and Jorge Escamilla. “We are non -stop for many days because you do not believe that it is nice to ask. The beautiful thing is to offer but, on this occasion, people have turned away and the farmers have given their steers. Every time I feel more proud to belong to the body As a bullfighter because it is a fantastic world, “says Soro.
On the 15th there will be a festival in the town of Vall d’A Alb Javier Conde, Serafín Marín, Diego Ventura, Rivera Canalesamong others. “The coup that we have lived in Valencia has been tremendous. Too many lives have been lost and we will cost us to wake up. That does not mean that he is proud to be Spanish, Valencian and impressed by how the youth behaved. He has given us a lesson of solidarity and humanity that I can only congratulate. ” To the question of how politicians have been, Soro does not want to kill: “I don’t want to talk about that now because it’s time to get the shoulder. That day will come but now all forces are to help our people.”
Friends in poster
Having Ortega Cano on the poster is very important for the right hand. “He is a very dear and recognized bullfighter. Obviously, he will face a steer but he has his interest to see him there doing the walk.” As we count on Informalia, Last Saturday Ortega had, in the Plaza de Colmenar Viejo, his son José María, 11, who debuted by his side. “José sent me photos of that day and I assure you that this child is going to be something because you don’t see the personality he has. I remember that a child looked at me with eyes that looked like a man and was a baby. His father is very happy And, at least, that he is a good fan who never knows the future of each one, “he says.
Precisely this Wednesday was the day that Enrique Ponce retired as a matador in Mexico. “The teacher says goodbye to the insurgent bull Friend I’m glad that Ponce is retiring because this is a high -risk profession and Enrique has already done everything. Fantastic. I see him happy with his new girl and is exultant, “he says. To the question of whether there will be a wedding, Soro has no answer: “All I know is that I see them happy. Just like Paloma (Cuevas) and Luis Miguel. We love them all of them. They are many years of friendship, from all over Life, and that love also goes to Victoriano Valencia and his wife, “he adds, like his wife Eva, who remembers when she was a girl and her grandfather took her to the square to see the soro fight and was with Ponce: “As not to love them,” says Eva.
On the future of bulls in Spain, his vision is optimistic: “The party is the DNA of Spain and ending bullfighting would be like ending the country. There will be whoever wants but one thing is to want and another power. There are those who have been committed to breaking with our traditions, with everything that represents A real Spain, but we will continue working for this to last and the values of the bull world continue to exist. … What do you want me to tell you.
Regarding the little presence of women in bullfighting posters, he values the novillera Olga Casado in value now: “Do not see what surprised at the first Festival of the Dana. It has value and liked it very much. Anyway, this profession costs a lot, to all, but when things are done well and there is talent, sacrifice and struggle, in the end It is because what happens is that very few are chosen. more beautiful. 1984.
