Traditions - Rapa of Beasts

A portrait of one man partecipating at the Rapa Das Bestas. The Rapa Das Bestas is the event where beast and man fight each again the other. Basically 100/200 horses are captured on the montain surronding Sabucedo and then they are kept in a stone made arena. In the arena the horses are blocked by 2/3 men and the tail and the mane are cut with apposite scissors. In the picture wild horses in the mountain.

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A portrait of one man partecipating at the Rapa Das Bestas. The Rapa Das Bestas is the event where beast and man fight each again the other. Basically 100/200 horses are captured on the montain surronding Sabucedo and then they are kept in a stone made arena. In the arena the horses are blocked by 2/3 men and the tail and the mane are cut with apposite scissors. In the picture wild horses in the mountain.