Fantasia, also known as
lab el baroud ("the gunpowder play"), is a traditional exhibition of horsemanship in the
Maghreb region of
North Africa. A group of horse riders, all wearing traditional clothes, charge along a straight path at the same speed before firing into the sky using old
muskets or
muzzle-loading rifles at the end of the charge. It is considered to symbolize a strong relationship between the man and the horse.
Photograph: Maxim Massalitin