A Brief Introduction:
Bullfighting, is a sport involving a quarrel between a bull a matador, who fight in an outdoor arena. 
The matador has assistants, also known as banderillos.
At the end of the fight, a matador will receive these based on his(occasionally female) performance:

-One of the bull's ears-Average Performance
-Two of the bull's ears-Superb Performance
-Both of the bull's ears and the tail-Unforgettable performance

This spectacle of bullfighting has existed in one form or another since the ancient years. For example, a contest of some sort is captured in a wall painting at Knossos (Knosós) in Crete (Kríti), dating from about 2000 BC. It shows male and female acrobats confronting a bull, grabbing its horns as it charges, and jumping over its back.