Every year on the night of 17 January, horses are ridden through huge
flames and clouds of smoke on the streets of the village of San
Bartolome de los Pinares, about 100km (62 miles) north west of Madrid.
It is believed the tradition known as Las Luminarias purifies the horses
and prepares them for the year ahead.
This is finished on the eve of the dinner day of St Anthony, the client saint
of domestic animals, but loads of influence the go through displays cruelty to
domesticated animals. innate human rights groups hold extended been crucial of the
event. Spanish opinionated delegation Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato
Animal ( the Animalist paint the town red Against the hurt of Animals)
described the festival on its website as an illustration of "clear animal
abuse."
However, town's mayor Maria Jesus Martin Gomez disagrees. "Not one
burn, not similar one injured horse," she held remaining year, insisting that no
horse is compulsory to caper over the flames. "It makes me irritated to learn the
insults without individuals vernacular meaningful no matter which at every about the
tradition."
