Rapa das Bestas (Shaving of the beasts/horses) is the name of an operation that involves cutting the manes of the feral 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 traditional festival is said to date back to the 15th century.
Locations
Location of the main RapasA Coruña A Capelada (Cedeira) June 29 As Canizadas (A Pobra do Caramiñal) July 12 to 19 Campo da Areosa (Vimianzo) Mid-July Lugo Candaoso (Viveiro) First Sunday of July Campo do Oso (Mondoñedo) Last Sunday of June San Tomé (O Valadouro) First Sunday of August Pontevedra Mougás (Oia) June 8 Morgadáns (Gondomar) June 15 San Cibrán (Gondomar) June 22 Sabucedo (A Estrada) First Friday of July Monte Castelo (Cotobade) August 3 Domaio (Moaña) August 13 Paradanta (A Cañiza) August 31 O Galiñeiro (Gondomar) August
See also Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain
References
External links Web oficial de Rapa das bestas de Sabucedo