Painted tortoises race for prizes in colorful Venezuelan celebration
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Summary: Residents of San Francisco de Asis in Venezuela's Aragua state celebrated the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi on Friday, October 3, with a tortoise race featuring 80 painted and decorated competitors, the largest participation in recent years.
Children walk behind their Morrocoye, a terrestrial tortoise native to South America, before a tortoise race held to celebrate the upcoming feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron s
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