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La Vaquilla of Chillón

Chillón, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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La Vaquilla of Chillón

Activity · Chillón, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

Image of Chillón, not of the place itself.

A ritual in which twenty-four brothers represent the survivors of the plague of 1582-1583 and act out the symbolic death of a heifer, standing for the end of the epidemic through the intercession of San Roque. It was declared a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest in 2017.

13 de agosto

Photo: fmkr (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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