Jamie Weiner and Michaela Collord

The Sienese Are Whipping Each Other with Dried Bulls' Penises as Their City Collapses

Palio is a spectacular 90-second bareback horse race run twice a year around Siena's central plaza in which jockeys whip one another with dried bulls’ penises. But how much longer can the city distract itself with the Palio horse race when the bank...