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Vol. IV No. 3 … The Cover: Bullfighting, originally introduced into Spain, by the Moors as a martial exercise, is one of the many customs that the Spanish brought with them to Latin America. A highly specialized art, each movement of the participants calls for graceful dignity and courtly gestures. Picadores, on horses that wear heavy protective matting, ride at the bull and throw their lances into the thick hide of the wild-eyed beast as he charges at them. The banderillero approaches with his two, ribboned darts in his hands. Gracefully, he draws close to the already enraged animal, throws his hat to attract its attention, and, as it thunders past, drives his darts home. More banderilleros take their turns and add their darts to those which already bedeck the powerful, plunging body. And then – the finale, the high point of the contest – the matador, the killer, advances!