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Goat Throwing
27 January
Manganeses de la Polvorosa
Zamora, Castille y Leon
An annual tradition in the town of Manganeses de la Polvorosa (a small village in north western Spain), in honour of its patron saint, St. Vincent.
It takes place every year, on the fourth Sunday in January. On that day, a group of teenagers from the village set out to round-up and hog-tie one of the local neighborhood goats. That done, the goat is then carried in a crowded procession to the church at the center of town, and then up in to the church's bell tower. At this point, the goat is then thrown from the belfry, falling upwards of 15 meters (50 feet), to be caught (hopefully) in a sheet of tarpaulin by the cheering crowd below.
According to Manganeses' 890 residents, this ancient ritual has apparently been going on for as long as any of them can remember.
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Manganeses de la Polvorosa
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Zamora
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Castilla y Leon
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Spain
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| Spoken Language: |
English, Spanish
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