Iain Sullivan

(MANU FERNANDEZ/The Associated Press) Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas waves to the crowd after performing at the Monumental bullring in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Spain’s powerful northeastern region of Catalonia bids farewell Sunday to the country’s emblematic tradition of bullfighting with a final bash at the Barcelona bullring.

Spain’s Catalonia bids farewell to bullfighting

BARCELONA, Spain — Matadors drove the killing sword into bulls for the last time Sunday in Spain’s powerful northeastern region of Catalonia in an emotive farewell fight before a polemical regional ban on the country’s emblematic tradition takes effect.

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