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Running the Rooster

Guarrate, La Guareña, Zamora

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Running the Rooster

Activity · Guarrate, La Guareña, Zamora

On the last Sunday of January the young men recount the year's mishaps, blaming them all on a stuffed cockerel, which they then try to strike at a gallop; it is one of the most singular conscripts' rites in Zamora.

Photo: Rsriesco (Public domain)

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