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As is customary, each charro now charges in to introduce himself.

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They come in at full gallop, and must stop at a precise point. Well, usually at a precise point.

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[[Mariachi music in the background]]
And now a Mariachi band accompanies all of the afternoon's activities.

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[[Mariachi music]]

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[[Mariachi music in the background]] Now riding bareback at full gallop, Carlos switches from one horse to another, and backwards at that.

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[[Mariachi music in the background]]
He's one of only two charros in all of Mexico who could perform the dangerous feat, called the Pass of Death, which climaxes the charriata.

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[[Mariachi music]]

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30 miles south, the dawn light touches the shores of Lake Chapala with an ethereal beauty.

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Early every morning, the local fishermen can be seen around the lake working on their nets.

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Lake Chapala is Mexico's largest lake, being 50 miles long and 20 miles wide. But although large, it yields the extremely small, white fish called charales-

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-and is considered a great delicacy in the area. And here fishermen bring in nets full of them.