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The right-hander has collected the top award at the International Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Unión days after the 35th anniversary be fulfilled since taking alternative as a bullfighter.
The former for years "undisputed master of the arenas," Juan Antonio Ruiz "Spartacus" and looks at his "Golden Castillete" tab of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas, which recognizes his long and successful career as matador and its dissemination of Spanish culture of bullfighting and flamenco, always intertwined, worldwide.
The charge of delivering this recognition has been the Mayor of La Union and Executive Chairman of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Francisco Bernabé, in the presence also of a good friend of Spartacus, the matador Pepin Liria also.
The right-hander has been "very happy" to an acknowledgment that arrives when it is retired and can enjoy this type of awards.
He also assured that the satisfaction is even greater because the "Castillete Gold" is one of the most important rewards you can receive a public figure, so we are proud that the Sing Foundation Mine has remembered him on this occasion.
Spartacus added that the Festival del Cante de las Minas is doing an impressive job in the defense of bullfighting, art closely linked to the world of flamenco has always since both represent Spain in the world.
The honoree took stock of his career, and has said that the most beautiful is "loving people" respect for his work and his person, and the support has always been in and out of the square.
The new "Gold Castillete" Festival del Cante de las Minas is the son of matador Antonio Ruiz Rodríguez, "Spartacus" and brother of José Francisco Ruiz Román matador, "Spartacus Chico".
The paternal vocation encouraged him to be a bullfighter from an early age.
It was the August 1, 1979, acting as godfather The Cordovan and Manolo Cortés witnessing the moment when Spartacus took the alternative in Huelva.
From 1985 to the early nineties, "Spartacus" became the undisputed number one among all bullfighters, based on the number of contracts offered to him and his exceptional knowledge of fighting techniques hegemony .
In addition, during the reign of the front rank, he displayed splendid powers when executing the supreme luck and skill that allowed him to overcome any of their peers in the number of trophies received.
He retired with a knee injury in 1995, to reappear four years later, once recovered, obtaining again a great success in the Real Maestranza during the Feria de Abril.
Your final goodbye to the ring came in 2001, with nearly 2,000 behind celebrations.
In December 2003 the Council of Ministers awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
As for the conference this afternoon, his title was "Flamenco and bullfighting" and its author, journalist José Castillo Abreu, unionense birth and living in Cartagena.
Expert knowledge of the world of bullfighting, has been awarded Silver Merit laMedalla Taurino, under the great work that has been playing for years in the media in favor of National Lafiesta.
Castillo, very excited about starring in the opening of the official ceremony in his town of birth, raised his lecture as a "bullfight" and started asking "permission" to the audience to start the job ensuring that it felt as nervous as a bullfighter when first walked real Maestranza de Sevilla, or as a singer when he debuts in the tables of the Cathedral of the singing of La Union.
The bullfighting journalist wanted to show the close relationship of bullfighting and flamenco in his words, "Elf and mystery of two ancient arts," and assured that both arts represent an identical manner "of being and living in the world, and even suffer ".
Jose Castillo has been said that "miners Flamingos" and bullfighters share from physical features, with sharp faces furrowed by deep scars of suffering and effort to identical ways of coping with loneliness, high doses of responsibility and sense of duty, solidarity, love by the figure of the mother, simplicity, and strong religiosity exemplified in Christ's Power in Seville, or the Christ of the Miners in La Union.
The conference ended with a standing ovation from the audience, and has only missed the usual "around the ring".
Jose Castillo has earned great recognition in the field of bullfighting, for his many years on the air with his "Time Taurino" program in the chain COPEen Cartagena.
Later this program was Aradio MarcaRegión Murcia Murciana- Grupo Radio Television, and in the last three seasons can be heard in the cadenaEsRadio for the entire Region Murcia.Castillo is also Director of Digital Journal Taurino, torosnoticiasmurcia.com and is taurinoAplausos weekly contributor and an adviser to the Royal Bullfighting Federation Spain.
Source: Agencias
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