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  • Juli, El; bullfighting
    bullfighting
    / Act one

    …usually performing the basic two-handed veronica (named after St. Veronica, who, according to Christian legend, wiped Christ’s brow with a cloth as he passed by on his way to Golgotha). The veronica is the basic pass from which nearly all other passes derive. A series of veronicas is usually ended…

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    …usually performing the basic two-handed veronica (named after St. Veronica, who, according to Christian legend, wiped Christ’s brow with a cloth as he passed by on his way to Golgotha). The veronica is the basic pass from which nearly all other passes derive. A series of veronicas is usually ended…

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