SPAIN: EX-MONK MAKES BULLFIGHTING COMEBACK

Record ID: 375923

  • Title: SPAIN: EX-MONK MAKES BULLFIGHTING COMEBACK
  • Date: 22nd April 1966
  • Summary: 1. SV MONDENO WITH PRIESTS IN MONASTERY 0.05 2. SV PEOPLE LOOK ON 0.06 3. CU MONDENO 0.14 4. CU MONDENO AND PRIESTS - MONDENO RISES FROM GROUND 0.10 5. MONDENO WITH PRIESTS AND OTHERS 0.25 6. SV MONDENO SAYING 'GOODBYE' TO MONKS 0.33 (WIPE) 7. SV MONDENO ENTERING BULLRING 0.38 8. SV MONDENO WALKING TOWARDS 0.35 9. CU PEOPLE APPLAUDING 0.36 10. SV MONDENO TOWARDS CARRYING SWORD - BOWS 0.46 11. LV PEOPLE WATCHING 0.47 12. LV MONDENO RAISING HAT TO CROWD 0.54 13. CU HAT ON GROUND 0.56 14. SV MONDENO WITH BULL 1.06 15. SV ASSISTANTS LOOK ON 1.10 16. SV MONDENO THRUSTING SWORD INTO BULL 1.17 17. LV PEOPLE CLAPPING 1.18 18. LV BULL BEING TAKEN AWAY 1.22 19. SV MONDENO BOWS AND SALUTES 1.29 MONDENO IN MONASTERY; MONDENO IN RING; MONDENO KILLING BULL. Initials GM/VS/JH/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th May 1966 13:00
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  • Location: LOGRONO, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Reuters ID: LVA1LE39GMQ4OJE9B3X54FLMD41Q
  • Story Text: JUAN MONDENO, A 29-YEAR-OLD SPANISH BULLFIGHTER WHO TWO YEARS AGO GAVE IT ALL UP TO BECOME A BAREFOOT DOMINICAN MONK, MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BULLRING LAST MONDAY AT LOGROND, NORTHERN SPAIN.

    MONDENO MADE SHORT WORK OF KILLING THE BULL. HE RECEIVED ONE OF THE ANIMAL'S EARS - AND A BIG OVATION FROM THE SPECTATORS.

    LAST AUGUST MONDENO LEFT THE MONASTERY SUFFERING FROM "DEPRESSION". HE SAID HE WAS LEAVING FOR THREE REASONS; THE STRICT DISCIPLINE, THE STRAIN OF STUDY AND PRAYER, AND THE BITTER COLD ON HIS BARE FEET. "I REALISE NOW IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE," HE SAID. "I SHOULD HAVE KEPT TO BULL-FIGHTING".
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