Popular interest in bullfighting, once regular village entertainment in South Korea, has waned in recent decades, a victim of television, the Internet and more-global spectator sports, like soccer and baseball.
But still beyond confusing contrasts or apparent order, a lot of energy fields crossing each other, a global encounter, many spectators and many actors from diverse roots, a wide potential of perspective, of future or remembrance, of universal creation".
Smith and Carlos, for their part, brought politics into the very heart of a playful festival and reminded spectators that global events like the Olympics always intersect with, and shape, the social and political contexts in which they occur.
Pro-gaming is now gaining global traction as a spectator sport: tickets for last year's International Dota 2 tournament at Seattle's Key Arena sold out in an hour.
Last year was a pivotal achievement for competitive FIFA, engaging millions of competitors and spectators through world football and global competition.
If all goes as planned, the robotic suit will spring to life in front of almost 70,000 spectators and a global audience of billions of people.
We were told at the start that this would be the first Olympics where athletes, spectators and the global audience connected via the social networks - and, amazingly, that prediction was spot on.
Next weekend, the World Cup Final takes place in Seoul in front of 60,000 spectators and a huge global TV audience.
Those principals and teachers are beginning to see themselves as teammates - not just spectators - on a global playing field.
