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The goat's leap

Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Benavente y Los Valles, Zamora

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The goat's leap

Curiosity · Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Benavente y Los Valles, Zamora

Image of Manganeses de la Polvorosa, not of the place itself.

At the end of January, at San Vicente Mártir, the conscripts of the year used to throw from the bell tower a goat that the residents caught in a canvas; the practice was banned in 2002 and since then a cardboard goat is used.

Photo: Canaidu (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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