A woman drinks wine next to a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A man rides his horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A horse crosses a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A man rides his horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A man rides his horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A man rides his horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A horse crosses a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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Participants ride a horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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A horse is pictured before crossing a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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Participants ride their horses during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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Two men ride a horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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Two men ride their horses through a bonfire during Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila Province, Spain. In honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animal in the coming year.

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