Bullfighting, or more properly tauromachie, comes in two styles in Arles and the Camargue.
In the local courses camarguaises, held at fêtes from late spring to early autumn, razeteurs pluck ribbons and cockades tied to the bulls’ horns, cutting them free with special barbed gloves.
In this gentler bullfight, people are rarely injured and the bulls are not killed.
More popular, however, are the brutal Spanish-style corridas (late April, early July & Sept at Arles), consisting of a strict ritual leading to the all-but-inevitable death of the bull.
Reference: Wikipedia