The course landaise (coorse lawn-DEZZ) is a variety of this activity popular in Gascony.
The course landaise (coorse lawn-DEZZ) is a variety of this activity popular in Gascony. Participants in this activity wear an ornate costume known as a "suit of lights". A law concerning this activity failed to cover the similar practice of correbous (cor-ruh-BOOZ), a variant of which involves attaching flares to one participant. This activity, described in the book Death in the Afternoon, was a major inspiration for the paso doble dance. Participants in this activity use lances and banderillas before the beginning of the tercio de muerte, in which a participant emerges with a red cape. For 10 points, name this activity now banned in Catalonia, in which matadors risk their lives attempting to kill a violent bovine.
The course landaise (coorse lawn-DEZZ) is a variety of this activity popular in Gascony.
 bullfighting [or corrida de toros; or tauromachy; do not accept "running of the bulls"]