Fans mourn, opponents celebrate Barcelona's last bullfight

Spain's top matador and two colleagues were carried out on the crowd's shoulders after the last bullfight to be held in Barcelona on Sunday.

But the victory belonged to opponents of the 'corrida', who had successfully campaigned for the emblematic Spanish spectacle to be banned in the Catalonia region.

It was a day of high emotion in the separatist-inclined Catalan capital, Spain's second city.

In Image: Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas performs in the final bullfight to be held in the region of Catalonia at the Monumental bullring in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011.

Text: Reuters

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