The Mullets of Medellín : Colombia

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  Words by Rainbow Nelson & photography by Stefan Ruiz
  
  After receiving such a positive response to The Mullets of Medellín, in issue two, we are pleased to present you with a further look into Stefan Ruiz and Rainbow Nelson’s venture to the Estadio Atanasio Girardot.
  
  Those that have been stuck on a bus in Colombia for more than two hours will half understand the country’s anachronistic addiction to the mullet. Whether it is Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris or Jean Claude Van Damme, this is a country that likes a hero with a bad dose of Hockey Hair.
  
  But even the eight-hour ride from the Colombian capital of Bogotá cannot fully prepare you for the experience of arriving in Medellín on match day. Whether you wear the red, blue and white of Deportivo Independiente de Medellín (DIM) or the green and white stripes of their more illustrious rivals, Atletico Nacional, you are nobody in the Estadio Atanasio Girardot if you don’t wear you hair ‘short on top and long at the back please’.

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Comments

[Ernest vd Winden]

This is great! I love it. In Holland the mullet is also known as a haircut that is particularly worn by soccer player. Apparently it is an international soccer "thing".