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Horses - Galicia
Galicia, Spain -
Taming of The Beasts.
On the first weekend of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up during the 'Rapa Das Bestas' (taming of the beasts) in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia. The more than 400-year-old festival lasts four-days, during which the horses are wrestled to the ground by hand to have their manes and tails sheared. The festival sees horses herded down from the mountains by Aloitadores, or fighters, who work in teams of three to overpower them. Thousands of visitors descended on the small village to watch the fighters man-handle the wild animals into submission. The horses used in the festival live in a semi-feral state in the nearby mountains. Wrestling the animals, which can weigh several hundred kilograms, is seen as a test of strength and will
Participants grab a wild horse during the Rapa das Bestas traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo.
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Galicia, Spanien |
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Hepta/Mediafax Foto |
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Marcio Machado/Exclusivepix media |
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23 Aprilie 2015 |
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4025 x 2545 (1.68 MB) |
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