"Actually, our campinos from Ribatejo are much braver than cowboys from Texas and gaúchos from Argentina. Not only they talk to bulls and love bulls. Not only they have a dress code to herd bulls, with a red jacket and a green cap. Not only they treat bulls like real people with their rights. Not only they drink strong red wine from Cartaxo, which they call pomada. Not only they do all that, but they even embrace and kiss bulls!", said Cristina triumphantly.
"What?! Embracing bulls and kissing bulls? I can't believe it", John laughed in disbelief.
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Estela Calderón got instantly excited:
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"Do they kiss bulls, Cristina? Do they kiss women too? Oh God, how good it should feel to kiss a man with the taste of a bull in his lips...", Estela dreamed loud.
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Esteban Calderón was now looking at Cristina his eyes wide open:
"Kissing bulls, Cristina? How come? I have never seen that in my eighty three years of life. But I would certainly like to taste that red wine called pomada".
In a slow mouvement of her hand, Cristina took a new photo from her wallet. It was a photo of her cousin Laurentino Santos when he was captain of Forcados Amadores da Chamusca. She put the photo on the table and said proudly:
"Yes, they do embrace and kiss bulls. They are a special class of campinos we have in Ribatejo, called forcados."
Esteban, John and Estela could not believe what their eyes were seeing, a man embracing and kissing a bull.
Cristina then calmly added, looking at John:
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Esteban Calderón was now looking at Cristina his eyes wide open:
"Kissing bulls, Cristina? How come? I have never seen that in my eighty three years of life. But I would certainly like to taste that red wine called pomada".
In a slow mouvement of her hand, Cristina took a new photo from her wallet. It was a photo of her cousin Laurentino Santos when he was captain of Forcados Amadores da Chamusca. She put the photo on the table and said proudly:
"Yes, they do embrace and kiss bulls. They are a special class of campinos we have in Ribatejo, called forcados."
Esteban, John and Estela could not believe what their eyes were seeing, a man embracing and kissing a bull.
Cristina then calmly added, looking at John:
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"These are real brave man. They face bulls, they even kiss them, and they do not feel the need to wear firearms!".
"These are real brave man. They face bulls, they even kiss them, and they do not feel the need to wear firearms!".
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"Agora tomem lá esta que é para aprenderem!", she thought proudly in her native, Portuguese language.
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