A RAPA DAS BESTAS FESTIVITY IN MOUNT XAXÁN MOAÑA RIAS BAIXAS PONTEVEDRA GALICIA SPAIN
La rapa das bestas (the capture of the beasts) Galicians were involved in taming bestas (beasts) as early as the Bronze Age. With all this history behind it, the region continues to guard jealously the secrets surrounding a tradition which unfolds all over this evocative land from June onwards. In case of Moaña on august. The rapa takes place in the curro, a traditional corral where the owners take all the beasts that have been rounded up to divide them up into groups the day before the big event. When the action gets underway the most expert stockbreeders, known as agarradores (someone who seizes), grapple with the animal until they are able to control it enough to brand it and cut off its mane. Once the struggle is over a wild fiesta begins, celebrating the subduing of the animal.
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Location: Mount xaxan. Moaña. Rias Baixas. Vigo. Pontevedra. Spain. Europe.
Photo credit: © Toni Vilches / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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