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[[File:A rapa das bestas de Sabucedo - Traballo en equipo.jpg|thumb|right|Trying to hold the horse in Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo.]] |
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[[File:Rapa das bestas. Galiza.jpg|thumb|right|Marking a young horse.]] |
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'''Rapa das Bestas''' (The Capture of the Beasts)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Darwin Porter|author2=Danforth Prince|title=Frommer's Spain 2012|date=4 Oct 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118101865|page=21|edition=7 |
'''Rapa das Bestas''' (The Capture of the Beasts)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Darwin Porter|author2=Danforth Prince|title=Frommer's Spain 2012|date=4 Oct 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118101865|page=21|edition=7}}</ref> is the name of an operation that involves cutting the manes of the wild horses who live free at the mountains in a semi-feral state and that are performed in the ''curros'' (enclosed which retain the horses) held in various locations in [[Galicia (Spain)]]. Those horses live in mountains owned by the villages (a form of property derived from the [[Kingdom of the Suebi|Suevi]], around 8th century) and have several owners (private owners, the parish or the village), each year the foal are marked and the adults shaved and deloused, and then freed again to the mountains. |
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The best known is the ''Rapa das Bestas'' of [[Sabucedo]], in the city hall of [[A Estrada]], which lasts three days: the First Saturday, Sunday and Monday in July. In fact, the name given to the celebration ([[Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo]]), while in most places speaking about curros, including curros de Valga, etc. |
The best known is the ''Rapa das Bestas'' of [[Sabucedo]], in the city hall of [[A Estrada]], which lasts three days: the First Saturday, Sunday and Monday in July. In fact, the name given to the celebration ([[Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo]]), while in most places speaking about curros, including curros de Valga, etc. |
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Revision as of 01:45, 12 June 2016
Rapa das Bestas (The Capture of the Beasts)[1] is the name of an operation that involves cutting the manes of the wild horses who live free at the mountains in a semi-feral state and that are performed in the curros (enclosed which retain the horses) held in various locations in Galicia (Spain). Those horses live in mountains owned by the villages (a form of property derived from the Suevi, around 8th century) and have several owners (private owners, the parish or the village), each year the foal are marked and the adults shaved and deloused, and then freed again to the mountains.
The best known is the Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo, in the city hall of A Estrada, which lasts three days: the First Saturday, Sunday and Monday in July. In fact, the name given to the celebration (Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo), while in most places speaking about curros, including curros de Valga, etc.
Locations
| A Capelada (Cedeira) | June 29 |
| As Canizadas (A Pobra do Caramiñal) | July 12 to 19 |
| Campo da Areosa (Vimianzo) | Mid-July |
| Candaoso (Viveiro) | First Sunday of July |
| Campo do Oso (Mondoñedo) | Last Sunday of July |
| San Tomé (O Valadouro) | First Sunday of August |
| Mougás (Oya) | June 8 |
| Morgadáns (Gondomar) | June 15 |
| San Cibrán (Gondomar) | June 22 |
| Sabucedo (A Estrada) | First Saturday of July |
| Monte Castelo (Cotobade) | August 3 |
| Domaio (Moaña) | August 13 |
| Paradanta (A Cañiza) | August 31 |
| O Galiñeiro (Gondomar) | August |
See also
References
- ^ Darwin Porter; Danforth Prince (4 Oct 2011). Frommer's Spain 2012 (7 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 21. ISBN 9781118101865.