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  • Juli, El; bullfighting
    bullfighting
    / Act one

    …picadors with cape passes called quites (from the Spanish verb “to take away”). Each of the three matadors then capes the bull, competing against one another in a series of passes performed as gracefully as possible, taking turns in order of seniority (the matador assigned to this bull coming first,…

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    …picadors with cape passes called quites (from the Spanish verb “to take away”). Each of the three matadors then capes the bull, competing against one another in a series of passes performed as gracefully as possible, taking turns in order of seniority (the matador assigned to this bull coming first,…

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