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Carneceros en Sorata, Bolivia

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For the first Saturday of Carnivale in Sorata, Bolivia, an unusual event was planned: a Butchering Competition. In the early afternoon rain, I wandered up road that ran to the cemetary. About one hundred people of all ages had gathered around six carneceros and their “slaughter teams,” each with their cow lowing nervously under an arch frame reminiscent of a guilloteen. It being carnival, kids ran back and forth gaily shooting water guns and foamy ribbons of soap and shaving cream. Despite the rain, water balloons sailed across the street. At the official’s signal, the crowd pressed closer excitedly. The cows were tied, heads lowered, to the archways. Then, at the report of a signal flare, their throats were quickly cut.

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