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That sound is people queuing up already,
waiting for the ticket office to open to buy their tickets for the day,
which I believe are going to be five euros each.
The ambulance is parked up in case there are any accidents.
And there are some people with red T-shirts on, and on the back, in white,
a picture of three horses, and above that, the words, which means the bringing down of the beasts.
They're all preparing for today's...
The shearing of the beasts.
We should buy our tickets.
I know, but...
Luisito is with us.
This is Assignment from the BBC and I'm John Murphy.
You used to organise this for many years.
How many years?
35. 35 years, he's saying.
We did build the place, so the new people that came, they're just going with it.
And the place he's talking about is the curo,
which is basically an arena where eventually the horses will be squeezed into and then the rapa can begin.
You just heard my colleague Esperanza and Luisito, retired postmen.