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uttering a wailing yell, indescribably
barbaric. A few moments later they
came back in full run, beating their
horses and wailing even louder.
The winner was led by two old mingles to
the rows of yellow flowers before whom he
knelt three times, while the men around
a beautiful yellow flower its bowels in
front of them. Then the scattered broadcast
as he was conducted ceremoniously to the
opposite semicircle of the earth where he
was again knelt carried away by
booping returned with palms shining
with bits of cheese.
The most interesting part of it however,
was at once when all the men stop all
lined up on their horses facing the
towers and each one chanting singing
a numinous chant. Then forming
in line they circled about the towers,
slowly at first, then faster faster until
their horses were in a full run.
After the race came wrestling
contests, which as themselves were of
little interest. The contestants separated
for holds and when finally no grips endure
to them each other by grasping the waist
bands of their trousers suddenly hearing
it was practically the same as the
Japanese manner of wrestling.