Rapa das Bestas
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Rapa das Bestas is the name of an operation that involves cutting the manes of the horses that are performed in the curros (enclosed which retain the horses) held in various locations in Galicia (Spain).
The best known is the Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo, in the city hall of A Estrada
, which lasts three days: the First Saturday, Sunday and Monday in July. In fact, the name given to the celebration (Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo), while in most places speaking about curros, including curros de Valga, etc.
The best known is the Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo, in the city hall of A Estrada
A Estrada
A Estrada is a municipality of the Pontevedra province in Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located some 15 miles southeast of Santiago de Compostela. A Estrada is the chief town of a densely-populated mountainous district; its industries are agriculture, stockbreeding, and the manufacture of...
, which lasts three days: the First Saturday, Sunday and Monday in July. In fact, the name given to the celebration (Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo), while in most places speaking about curros, including curros de Valga, etc.
Locations
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| A Coruña A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country... |
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| A Capelada (Cedeira Cedeira Cedeira is a city council in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, north-western Spain.-Parroquias:*Cedeira *Cervo *Esteiro *Montoxo *Piñeiro *Régoa *San Román de Montoxo... ) |
June 29 |
| As Canizadas (A Pobra do Caramiñal A Pobra do Caramiñal A Pobra do Caramiñal is a town at the entrance of one of the lower bays of the Galician coastline known as the "Ria de Arousa" in the Province of A Coruña. It is the next stop out of the ria after Boiro and is famous for its unusual festival procession in September... ) |
July 12 to 19 |
| Campo da Areosa (Vimianzo Vimianzo Vimianzo is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.... ) |
Mid-July |
| Lugo Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:... |
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| Candaoso (Viveiro Viveiro Viveiro is a town and municipality in the province of Lugo, in the northwestern Galician autonomous community of Spain. It borders on the Cantabric Sea, to the west of Xove and to the east of O Vicedo... ) |
First Sunday of July |
| Campo do Oso (Mondoñedo Mondoñedo Mondoñedo is a small town and municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain. , the town has a population of 4,508. Mondoñedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains.-History:... ) |
Last Sunday of July |
| San Tomé (O Valadouro O Valadouro O Valadouro, is a municipality in the Galician province of Lugo.... ) |
First Sunday of August |
| Pontevedra Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia . It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city... |
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| Mougás (Oya Oia, Spain Oia is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.... ) |
June 8 |
| Morgadáns (Gondomar Gondomar, Pontevedra Gondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta... ) |
June 15 |
| San Cibrán (Gondomar Gondomar, Pontevedra Gondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta... ) |
June 22 |
| Sabucedo (A Estrada A Estrada A Estrada is a municipality of the Pontevedra province in Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located some 15 miles southeast of Santiago de Compostela. A Estrada is the chief town of a densely-populated mountainous district; its industries are agriculture, stockbreeding, and the manufacture of... ) |
First Saturday of July |
| Monte Castelo (Cotobade Cotobade Cotobade is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.... ) |
August 3 |
| Domaio (Moaña Moaña Moaña is a municipality of 18,709 inhabitants located in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.It is one of the five municipalities with Bueu, Cangas do Morrazo, Marin and Vilaboa that forms the peninsula of O Morrazo... ) |
August 13 |
| Paradanta (A Cañiza A Cañiza A Cañiza is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.... ) |
August 31 |
| O Galiñeiro (Gondomar Gondomar, Pontevedra Gondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta... ) |
August |