It is thought to have originated in the Arles arenas around 1402, but the actual Camargue race dates back to the 19th century. It is practised in four departments in the south of France (Gard, Vaucluse, Herault and Bouche-du-Rhône). With the help of ‘tourneurs’, who are responsible for guiding the animal, the raseteur, dressed in white and equipped with a hook, must remove the attributes - the cockerel, tassels and strings - attached between the horns of the bull, known as the ‘cocardier’. To avoid the ‘cornades’, the bullfighters escape by jumping over the red wooden fences lining the arena and clinging to the stands. It's a tradition, it can be quite spectacular, but when the show's over everyone goes home .