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Spanish horses in festival and sport

Spain has a long-standing historical and cultural relationship to horses. They use them for sport and in a variety of festivals. During the summer there are several festivals in which the role of the horse is essential.

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Spanish horses in festival and sport

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  1. A reveler with a model horse dances and hits people with a sponge during the San Fermin procession in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 7, 2014. (/Andres Kudacki/AP) 

  2. Wild horses are gathered during the "Rapa Das Bestas," a 400-year-old horse festival in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 5, 2014. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

  3. Villagers round up wild horses on the hills of Sabucedo, some 40 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, on July 5, 2014. The festival began as a way of checking the horses for disease and cutting their hair to keep them cool in the hottest months.

  4. Wild horses gather during the "Rapa Das Bestas" traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 5, 2014. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

  5. Two horses fight during the "Rapa Das Bestas" traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 6, 2014. The festival has attracted criticism from animal rights campaigners in the past. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

  6. Two men try to capture a wild horse during the traditional Rapa Das Bestas festival in Sabucedo, Pontevedra province, Galicia region, north-western Spain, 05 July 2014. (Oscar Corral/EPA)

  7. A reveler tries to hold on to a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 5, 2014. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

  8. Two men try to capture a wild horse during the traditional Rapa Das Bestas festival in Sabucedo, Pontevedra province, Galicia region, north-western Spain. Each year, wild horses are captured in the hills of Sabucedo and then carried to a farmyard to cut their horsehair. (Oscar Corral/EPA)

  9. A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, June 23, 2014. (Enrique Calvo/Reuters)

  10. Chidren stroke a horse during in the San Juan (Saint John) festival in Ciutadella. (Jaime Reina)/AFP/Getty Images)

  11. A rider spears a suspended ring with a lance as he races through a cheering crowd during the Fiesta of San Joan in downtown Ciutadella on June 24, 2014. (Enrique Calvo/Reuters)

  12. A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, June 23, 2014. (Enrique Calvo/Reuters)

  13. Six Argentine horses stand inside a plane at Madrid's Barajas airport July 6, 2014. (Juan Medina/Reuters)

  14. An Argentine horse who will compete in the 43rd International Polo Tournament stands inside a plane at Madrid's Barajas airport July 6, 2014. (Juan Medina/Reuters)

  15. A 'monosabio' or bullring's employee, grabs the tail of a bull after it turns the picador's horse upside down during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

  16. Jockeys and horses wait before a race on the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid centre on May 11, 2014. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images)

  17. A penitent falls together with the horse as they take part in the "Procesion del Silencio" by the "Cristo de lasInjurias" brotherhood, during the Holy Week in Zamora, Spain. (Andres Kudacki/AP)

  18. A young penitent from 'La Paz' brotherhood watches horses pass by during a procession on April 13, 2014 in Seville, Spain. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

  19. Elisa Garcia, 28, poses for a photo, wearing a costume from the era of 18th century painter Francisco Goya, while a horse-drawn carriage passes along the "Puente Nuevo". (Jon Nazca/Reuters)

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