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One of the most unbelievable recortes I’ve ever seen in my life. Saint John’s festivities in Coria, Cáceres.

One of the most unbelievable recortes I’ve ever seen in my life. Saint John’s festivities in Coria, Cáceres.

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Spanish navaja being tested:

Spanish navaja being tested:

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Stunning images coming from Ronda, Málaga

Stunning images coming from Ronda, Málaga

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The Spanish Legion is already standing guard over the Christ of the Good Death. It will go out in procession on Maundy Thursday, in Málaga.

The Spanish Legion is already standing guard over the Christ of the Good Death. It will go out in procession on Maundy Thursday, in Málaga.

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Perfect day for posting this

Perfect day for posting this

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Sunrise in Zahariche, Seville. Iberian paradise.

Sunrise in Zahariche, Seville. Iberian paradise.

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This is the Carnival PELELE, a tradition in Madrid and its surrounding towns, famously depicted in a costumbrista painting by Francisco de Goya. In the past, the pelele (a stuffed figure or effigy) had political and moral symbolism. It was dressed with clothes, wigs, and accessories to resemble and mock a criticized public figure of the time. During Carnival celebrations, people would toss the effigy into the air (a practice known as MANTEAR), beat it with sticks —sometimes even singing about how many blows to give— and occasionally hang it in the streets.

This is the Carnival PELELE, a tradition in Madrid and its surrounding towns, famously depicted in a costumbrista painting by Francisco de Goya. In the past, the pelele (a stuffed figure or effigy) had political and moral symbolism. It was dressed with clothes, wigs, and accessories to resemble and mock a criticized public figure of the time. During Carnival celebrations, people would toss the effigy into the air (a practice known as MANTEAR), beat it with sticks —sometimes even singing about how many blows to give— and occasionally hang it in the streets.

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Spanish transhumant shepherds still have the legal right to use Vías Pecuarias (livestock trails or drovers’ roads), even when these roads literally cross cities. A tradition rooted in medieval times that continues to this day.

Spanish transhumant shepherds still have the legal right to use Vías Pecuarias (livestock trails or drovers’ roads), even when these roads literally cross cities. A tradition rooted in medieval times that continues to this day.

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«Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor» Hemingway

«Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor» Hemingway

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Fuck reggaeton

Fuck reggaeton

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Runners of the Bulls pray to Saint Fermin minutes after the encierro starts.

Runners of the Bulls pray to Saint Fermin minutes after the encierro starts.

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Spain, country of cowboys.

Spain, country of cowboys.

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The Spanish National Anthem plays as the Blessed Sacrament solemnly returns to the Cathedral of Seville.

The Spanish National Anthem plays as the Blessed Sacrament solemnly returns to the Cathedral of Seville.

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A crown on earth, a halo in heaven. Today, May 30th, Spanish people honor Saint Ferdinand: king and saint.

A crown on earth, a halo in heaven. Today, May 30th, Spanish people honor Saint Ferdinand: king and saint.

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The Pyrenees in in the Fall are pure magic

The Pyrenees in in the Fall are pure magic

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Spain’s oldest bull run isn’t in Pamplona. It’s in Cuéllar (Segovia), documented since 1215. Nearly 400 years before Sanfermines existed.

Spain’s oldest bull run isn’t in Pamplona. It’s in Cuéllar (Segovia), documented since 1215. Nearly 400 years before Sanfermines existed.

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1938, a village in Zamora. The Civil War has taken every man of fighting age to the front. A film crew from Burgos shows up. What they capture is one of the strangest anthropological documents to survive the war. An old woman dressed in black, the village's ROMANCERA (its ballad-keeper), opens by telling the camera that the shepherd who normally recites the opening verse "can't come; he's at the front." Then she hands the song off, line by line, to whoever's left: a poor widow, a mother with three small kids, a group of women spinning wool. The ballad is an archaic Spanish variant of Mambrú se fue a la guerra ('Marlborough is going off to war', from the French Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre), an 18th-century song about a duke who never made it home, still being sung from memory two hundred years later, unscripted, by women whose own husbands hadn't made it home yet either.

1938, a village in Zamora. The Civil War has taken every man of fighting age to the front. A film crew from Burgos shows up. What they capture is one of the strangest anthropological documents to survive the war. An old woman dressed in black, the village's ROMANCERA (its ballad-keeper), opens by telling the camera that the shepherd who normally recites the opening verse "can't come; he's at the front." Then she hands the song off, line by line, to whoever's left: a poor widow, a mother with three small kids, a group of women spinning wool. The ballad is an archaic Spanish variant of Mambrú se fue a la guerra ('Marlborough is going off to war', from the French Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre), an 18th-century song about a duke who never made it home, still being sung from memory two hundred years later, unscripted, by women whose own husbands hadn't made it home yet either.

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Taibilla Castle, Albacete.

Taibilla Castle, Albacete.

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Two charming Andalusian girls explain how to dance sevillanas.

Two charming Andalusian girls explain how to dance sevillanas.

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Spanish navaja

Spanish navaja

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Doñana is insanely beautiful

Doñana is insanely beautiful

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An Iberian lynx with her cubs. Beyond beautiful.

An Iberian lynx with her cubs. Beyond beautiful.

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«Spaniards prefer war to rest, and if they have no external enemy, they seek one at home» Pompey Trogue

«Spaniards prefer war to rest, and if they have no external enemy, they seek one at home» Pompey Trogue

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This isn’t Africa or South America; it’s Salamanca.

This isn’t Africa or South America; it’s Salamanca.

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Since 1695, Seville Cathedral has marked the Carnival Triduum before Lent with Eucharistic adoration and the Dance of the Seises, a traditional dance by ten boys honoring the Eucharist.

Since 1695, Seville Cathedral has marked the Carnival Triduum before Lent with Eucharistic adoration and the Dance of the Seises, a traditional dance by ten boys honoring the Eucharist.

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Traditional slate roofing in San Pedro de Trones, a small village in León

Traditional slate roofing in San Pedro de Trones, a small village in León

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Kind reminder that the Iberian Peninsula is God’s favorite place on Earth.

Kind reminder that the Iberian Peninsula is God’s favorite place on Earth.

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Final moments of the descent down the steps of the Church of Our Father Jesus on the Way to Calvary in Tarancón, Cuenca.

Final moments of the descent down the steps of the Church of Our Father Jesus on the Way to Calvary in Tarancón, Cuenca.

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«En Castilla, nueve meses de invierno y tres de infierno» translates to «In Castile, nine months of winter and three of hell.» A humorous saying about the region’s extreme climate: long, cold winters and a short but brutally hot summer.

«En Castilla, nueve meses de invierno y tres de infierno» translates to «In Castile, nine months of winter and three of hell.» A humorous saying about the region’s extreme climate: long, cold winters and a short but brutally hot summer.

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There’s a dress in a village in Salamanca that weighs almost 10 kilos. Not because of the fabric, but of the coral and silver piled on it: the TRAJE DE VISTAS of La Alberca. Originally a wedding dress, now worn twice a year for Corpus and the Asunción.

There’s a dress in a village in Salamanca that weighs almost 10 kilos. Not because of the fabric, but of the coral and silver piled on it: the TRAJE DE VISTAS of La Alberca. Originally a wedding dress, now worn twice a year for Corpus and the Asunción.

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Carmelite monks of Santiago de Compostela sing the Regina Caeli at night.

Carmelite monks of Santiago de Compostela sing the Regina Caeli at night.

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Shortest name of a Spanish Holy Week brotherhood be like: «Royal, Pontifical, Most Ancient, Illustrious, Franciscan and Penitential Brotherhood and Confraternity of the Lord Bound to the Column and of Our Lady of Fraternity in Greatest Sorrow.»

Shortest name of a Spanish Holy Week brotherhood be like: «Royal, Pontifical, Most Ancient, Illustrious, Franciscan and Penitential Brotherhood and Confraternity of the Lord Bound to the Column and of Our Lady of Fraternity in Greatest Sorrow.»

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Three Iberian lynxes hunting rabbits in the Sierra de Andújar, Jaén.

Three Iberian lynxes hunting rabbits in the Sierra de Andújar, Jaén.

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The legionnaires carry the Cristo de la Buena Muerte on their shoulders, one of the most moving moments of Holy Week in Málaga and in all of Spain.

The legionnaires carry the Cristo de la Buena Muerte on their shoulders, one of the most moving moments of Holy Week in Málaga and in all of Spain.

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«I think bullfighting is the most cultured party in the world. It is the only place where one goes with the security of seeing death surrounded by the most dazzling beauty.» García Lorca

«I think bullfighting is the most cultured party in the world. It is the only place where one goes with the security of seeing death surrounded by the most dazzling beauty.» García Lorca

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