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Bullfights at Ratta Phum (3)
Ratta Phum, Thailand.
The venue looks makeshift and decrepit, but attendance affirms its permanence. People come not only to wager, but to watch a "sport." Although there were admission fees, they would not take money from me. They believed I would not wager.
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Bullfights at Ratta Phum (2)
Ratta Phum, Thailand.
Spectators take their place on
crude backcless benches to
watch the event. They come from many different professions.,
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Bullfights at Ratta Phum (1)
Ratta Phum, Thailand.
Like most gamblers everywhere,
they are a superstitious lot. Here, we see them praying that their bulls would prove victorious.
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Wicked Tuscan Nights.
Photo Essay written 28 July 2008
About a centuries old race that substituted for internesine strife preceding it.
Call To Arms.
Siena, Italy.
Drums roll to alert members of the contrades to approach of enemies. A common sight in the streets during preliminary events before the race..
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Courtiers at The Cathedral.
Siena, Italy.
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Banners of The Contrades.
Siena, Italy.
Each contrade (district) has their own distinctive banner.
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Siena Tower.
Siena, Italy.
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Wide View Piazza D'Campo.
Siena, Italy.
Huge crowds congregate, some visitors from as far as The US.
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Carl Kuntze has been a member since 5 April 2008 and goes by Kuntze.
I'm a craggy 76 year old traveler photographer whose contributions has been published in Asian English language periodicals, very few the past two years because I was passed over by digital technology. I have since obtained a Canon EOS XTi digital camera, which I am still learning to use. As soon as I memorize all the buttons in the controls,
I expect to get reoriented.
