They are also clad in elaborately prepared costumes. The picadors are allowed a specified number of chances that is decided upon by someone in authority. Another participant is the banderillero who works on foot. They are clad in an almost similar fashion as the matador, though there are minute differences in their dress to help identify them. The banderilleros place what are referred to as banderillas on the bull s shoulders.
Banderillas are barbed sticks decorated gaily.
The placing of the banderillas is the last but one event in the fight. The trumpet that signals the end of the banderillero's function also indicates the beginning of the final phase of the fight. In the last phase the matador uses a smaller cape. This reduces the size of the moving target and also brings the matador into full view of the charging animal. The next step is the final killing of the animal.