Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

couple lead their bull away into one of the little cages beneaththem and closed themselves in. The next two girls lead theirbull to front and center in front of the stairs. The kingbellowed his praise for this bull and/or trainers. The secondcrew repeated the acrobatics of the first, but with a doublesomersault without the twist, and a little more slop in thedismount.Ava began to understand the spectators were used to thisand that the bull was very much part of the act. Ava wonderedif this was the entertainment or if the girls had to demonstratethat their bulls were safely trained. Yellelle hadn’t mentionedthis part of the ceremony, all she’d said was that the bullswould be shown.Once that was done and they were all tucked in their littlecages below them, it was time for their second bit ofchoreography. This was a little more artistic, not justintroductions. They danced in lines, kicked up their heels alittle and waved their arms gracefully. This was a fertilitydance, they were supposed to represent the grain in the fieldsand the fishes in the sea or something like that, Ava justconcentrated on getting her moves right and not making afool of herself.The music was better than at practice. There was a wholerank of people playing the pan pipes, a rank of men with lyresand those gong-like bronze tubes all well tuned and wellplayed. There was a chorus using multi-part harmonies, theorchestra played chords and she was reminded of the folk445