La Mattanza: An ancient Silician ritual in which fisherman waded into the
Mediterranean Sea up to their waist with clubs and spears and then stood still
for hours on end until the [bluefin tuna] no longer noticed their presence.
Eventually, when enough [tuna] had gathered around them, someone gave and
imperceptible signal and in a split second the scene went from preternatural
quiet to gory bloodbath as the fishermen struck viciously at their
unsuspecting quarry.
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