Epic lyrics are performed to musical accompaniment on instruments such as the ''morin khuur'' (horse-head fiddle) and ''tovshuur'' (lute).

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Donatello also produced the show's most dramatic work, the monumental 2.7-meter-tall bronze horse's head known as the Carafa Protome, the sole surviving element of an unfinished equestrian statue, paired here with the smaller 4th-century B.

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Typical to these in-the-public-eye head-games they intentionally have the cart before the horse.

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To some, the purchase was a head-scratching gambit: The sport of horse racing is perceived to be dying a slow, inexorable death, an ember of the 20th-century sporting scene, like boxing.

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After a few days of preliminary drinking and dancing in costumes that combine the best aspects of traditional Andean horse-riding gear with the most nightmarish aspects of traditional acid trips, the residents of Santo Tomas wake up and head to the local bullfighting ring to beat each other silly.

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