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José Tomás
and José María
Manzanares were
waiting for porta gayola for the Empress of Chamberí in the very Puerta Grande de Las Ventas that they trod so many times.
President Ayuso only delayed a few minutes, time that the bullfighting figures took advantage of to speak with
Adolfo Suárez
and
Victorino Martín
, who flanked them.
Under the archway of glory, Mayor
Almeida
chatted with
Miguel Abellán
.
And the counselor of the presidency,
Eugenia Carballedo
.
Víctor Barrio's family was waiting there.
His memory was the reason.
The tribute due through the work of
Luis Gordillo
.
Ayuso, upon his arrival, exchanged the first words with
Raquel Sanz
, a grieving widow of Barrio since July 9, 2016. A few diplomatic smiles, of affection.
And then Isabel advanced the step to enter through the Puerta Grande de Las Ventas and review the bullfighting authorities.
The Madrid PG had not been reopened since October 12, 2019
.
The pandemic has closed it tightly since then.
Not without commotion or controversy.
In the corridor, on the way to the tribute, the members of the Plaza 1 company that manages the fate of the world's first plaza were waiting discreetly against a wall:
Rafael García-Garrido
,
Simón Casas
and
Víctor Zabala
.
More has rained since the funds were raised at the Valladolid Fair with a monster bullfight.
Through the Toro de Lidia Foundation with the impulse of the José Tomás Foundation.
Or JT himself, who pulled the car, pushed and did not stop until Gordillo's work, very hard, has seen the light.
There were no words then, no speeches.
Only one perched under the
collage
of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Martínez Almeida, José Tomás, José María Manzanares, Raquel ... And they went out into the ring of the square.
Which is like to give bulls, but ...
"Speaking of death, we speak of life"
On the river sand of the ring, which is not albero, they
had placed some stools with the distance of one and a half meters of social distance
.
Television cameras positioned like a firing squad.
Chapu Apaolaza
, spokesperson for the Toro de Lidia Foundation, inaugurated the speaking turns:
"Speaking of death we are talking about life," he
said to remember Victor Barrio, "a person who died for what he loved."
And he thanked all the bullfighters - and the CAM too - who participated in that afternoon in Valladolid in which this project was born.
"This mural has been delayed a lot," Gordillo stressed in front of the microphone.
He explained the journey of the
collage
.
Behind, Ayuso, in a red jacket, and José Tomás, in a green jacket, listened to the author: "The relationship with José [Tomás] has opened up a field of knowledge for me."
And so it was lengthening in the depth of his style, so internationally recognized.
It was now Raquel Sanz's turn: "On April 8, 2012, a Segovian bullfighter, Víctor Barrio, took the alternative in this square, who always showed him his respect.
If he stood out as a bullfighter, as a bullfighter, he also did it as a person"
.
And he thanked the Community of Madrid - "for forever embracing his memory" -, the José Tomás Foundation and Rogelio, its director, and the other bullfighters who participated in the Pucelano tribute: Padilla, El Juli, Talavante, Morante .. Tears emerged in the coda of the speech: "Victor died for his principles and values. He died creating art. Thank you for being our hero."
"The support of the CAM and the City Council"
Mayor Almeida reminded Barrio, his connection with the Plaza de Madrid and those who took advantage of his death
"to attack the cultural heritage that is the bullfighting party
.
"
And he sent "a message of encouragement to the world of bullfighting in these difficult times that we are going through."
"You have the support and commitment of the CAM and the City Council," he concluded, between praise for the FTL.
And Isabel Diaz Ayuso closed the morning: "It is an honor", she addressed Raquel and Víctor's family,
"that you let us participate in this tribute."
"We are", he added, "in the most important bullfighting temple in the world."
A wedge was included to underline Almeida's commitment to "the culture of effort and freedom that the Fiesta represents."
Ayuso emphasized the defense of bullfighting that the CAM does, "with deeds," he said while his words reverberated in the closed plaza.
He announced at that time the signing of an agreement with the Toro de Lidia Foundation
to promote a circuit of 18 bullfighting festivals in towns with less than 8,000 inhabitants
.
He repeated the aid that his government promoted to the cattle ranchers of bravo that he signed last year after the prohibition decree of September.
And he reproached the Government of Sánchez for its silence, its sectarianism.
"They drop a cultural industry like bullfighting that only in Madrid leaves us an impact of 70 million euros for San Isidro."
And she said goodbye waving the ecological flag of bullfighting in the face of the violence of those who attack her, in front of those who vilified Raquel, the widow of Víctor Barrio.
Which was the reason.
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