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The Talanqueiras of Christmas Day

Trefacio, Sanabria, Zamora

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The Talanqueiras of Christmas Day

Activity · Trefacio, Sanabria, Zamora

Image of Trefacio, not of the place itself.

Every 25 December the young men choose their king and a symbolic marriage is staged between the unmarried young people of the village, one of the most singular winter customs preserved in Sanabria.

Photo: M.Peinado from Alcalá de Henares, España (CC BY 2.0)

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