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Thursday, 19 January 2012


A man rides a horse through a bonfire on January in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain.
A man rides a horse through a bonfire on January in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain.


Horses ridden through bonfires to celebrate animal saint

Riding horses through bonfires is just one way that Spain celebrates San Anton, the patron saint of animals.

In some parts of Spain villagers ride their horses through bonfires the day before the feast day of San Anton, the patron saint of animals.

San Anton is honored by many Catholic churches in Spain where thousands of animal lovers flock to their nearest place of worship to have their animals blessed.

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  • animals1 (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 19 January 2012 @ 13:31

    That is...

  • LethalCorn (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 10:19

    OK, remind me how that is looking after a horse!?!

  • Renesemee (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 19:03

    What would happen if the horse became afraid of the fire, bucked and then the man fell off. Are they trained not to do that or something?

  • DizzyGirl (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 22 January 2012 @ 17:43

    poor horse

  • Dagras (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 23 January 2012 @ 02:43

    STOP !!!

  • Dagras (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 23 January 2012 @ 02:45

    WHY SHOULD THE SPANISH BLAZE THEIR HORSES ?????????

  • sweetpea (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 @ 10:42

    ??? What did I just read ??? ._.