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July 7, 2014 |
Spanish horses in festival and sport
Spain has a long-standing historical and cultural relationship to horses. They use them for sport and in a variety of festivals. During the summer there are several festivals in which the role of the horse is essential. --Thea Breite (19 photos total)

Wild horses are gathered during the "Rapa Das Bestas," (Shearing of the Beasts,) a 400-year-old horse festival in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 5, 2014. On the first weekend of the month of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

Two men try to capture a wild horse during the traditional Rapa Das Bestas festival in Sabucedo, Pontevedra province, Galicia region, north-western Spain, 05 July 2014. Each year, wild horses are captured in the hills of Sabucedo and then carried to a farmyard to cut their horsehair. (Oscar Corral/EPA) #

Two men try to capture a wild horse during the traditional Rapa Das Bestas festival in Sabucedo, Pontevedra province, Galicia region, north-western Spain, 05 July 2014. Each year, wild horses are captured in the hills of Sabucedo and then carried to a farmyard to cut their horsehair. (Oscar Corral/EPA) #

A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, June 23, 2014. The riders of the horses are representatives of ancient Ciutadella society - nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers. (Enrique Calvo/Reuters) #

A 'monosabio' or bullring's employee, grabs the tail of a bull after it turns the picador's horse upside down during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Picador is a horseman with a spear who takes an important role in bullfights. San Isidro's bullfighting fair is one of the most important in the world. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP #

A penitent falls together with the horse as they take part in the "Procesion del Silencio" by the "Cristo de las Injurias" brotherhood, during the Holy Week in Zamora, Spain, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Andres Kudacki/AP) #

Elisa Garcia, 28, poses for a photo, wearing a costume from the era of 18th century painter Francisco Goya, while a horse-drawn carriage passes along the "Puente Nuevo" (New Bridge) during the second edition of "Ronda Romantica" in Ronda, near Malaga, southern Spain, late May 31, 2014. Ronda Romantica is a cultural event where thousands of people of Ronda and about fifty towns around "Serrania de Ronda" (Ronda Mountain Ranges), dressed in traditional costumes, recreate the era of the bandits and romantic travelers in the nineteenth century. They also recreate the war of Spanish Independence which started in 1808 with the invasion by French Napoleonic troops and lasted until 1814, when the French were defeated and expelled from the country. (Jon Nazca/Reuters) #

A reveler with a model horse dances and hits people with a sponge during the San Fermin procession in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 7, 2014. People from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (/Andres Kudacki/AP) #
More links and information
JEREZ, THE TRADITION OF THE HORSE - spain.info, 7/7/14
End Horse Wrestling in Spain - http://forcechange.com, 7/7/14
Rapas last Bestas: Spanish horse wrestling festival - http://www.blameitonthevoices.com, 7/20/08