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Submitted 9/26/2012 9:13:18 AM by City of Latina Circus Festival

With less than three weeks to go until the opening night of the City of Latina Circus Festival at 9pm on Thursday, October 18th, the cast of competing performers is almost complete. Amongst the Italians already announced – Nancy and Carlo Triberti, competing, and Vinicio Togni, the only guest star at this edition of the Festival – we can now announce the participation of three more Italian numbers: Los Saly Brothers, Elisabetta Bizzarro, and the Rastelli Clowns. This significant group of 5 Italian acts will be representing their country on an international level at the Festival, helping to contribute to the worldwide prestige of the Circus “made in Italy”. Also announced today, the participation in the competition of a pair of Russian clowns, The Kolganovs.

Real-life brothers and working partners in the ring, Los Saly Brothers present a “bolas” number. The bolas, from the Spanish words bola, or ball, are long leather thongs with balls attached to one end and a handle attached to the other. Historically, bolas were used for hunting and as weapons, being thrown as a sort of unattached lasso. Los Saly Brothers, who are Italian, reinterpret Argentinian folklore as “gauchos” with spectacular choreography as they whirl the bolas at high speed to the rhythm of their drums. Photo courtesy of the Festival.

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