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The "moragá" of November 1st (chestnut roast)

El Arenal, Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila

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The "moragá" of November 1st (chestnut roast)

Food and drink · El Arenal, Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila

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On All Saints' Day the local people go out into the country to roast chestnuts over bonfires, a custom that in other villages of southern Gredos is called calbotada and that closes the season of gathering the fruit.

Photo: César González Palomo (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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