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Festival of o Xamón

A Caniza, Paradanta, Pontevedra

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Festival of o Xamón

Activity · A Caniza, Paradanta, Pontevedra

Image of A Caniza, not of the place itself.

Held every 15 August since 1966 in the oak grove of O Cacharado, it opens with a parade of country carts and of young men and women dressed in Galician costume carrying trays of ham; it is declared of Tourist Interest in Galicia.

Photo: Lucas Martínez Farra… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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