Spain's St Anthony Bonfire Festival – in pictures
Hundreds of locals ride their horses through bonfires in honour of the patron saint of animals
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Hundreds of locals ride their horses through bonfires in honour of the patron saint of animals
Every year, on January 17, the people of San Bartolome de Pinares, in Spain, celebrate St. Anthony by riding their horses, donkeys and mules through piles of bu
Las Luminarias is a unique, fiery celebration held in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares where horses are purified by jumping through flames.
The Spanish Festival of Las Luminarias has been held for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Photo: www.bigpicture.ru...
At full gallop, the horse emerges from the darkness and races through a string of bonfires in an ancient ritual to ward off sickness performed every January in a tiny Spanish village. Known as Luminarias, the festival takes place every January 16 in San Bartolome de Pinares, a village perched high in the hills about 100km west of Madrid. By the light of an almost full moon, several local officials are sweating copiously, despite freezing temperatures, as they pile branches onto the bonfires blazing along the main street of this village of just 600 residents As the bells ring out, there’s a