People ride horses through flames in 'Luminarias'

([Agencies])
Updated: 2008-01-17 10:24


A horse rider drinks wine during the annual Saint Anthony purification ceremony "Luminarias" in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares near Avila January 16, 2008. The festival coincides every year with the eve of the religious festivity of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals, and according to tradition, revellers ride their horses through bonfires placed around the village to purify the animals with fire and smoke after receiving a blessing from a priest. [Agencies]

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