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Updated: Fri 3 Jul 2026 15:27 CET
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"Aloitadores" struggle with a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" (Shearing of the Beasts) traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo, some 40 kilometres from Santiago de Compostela. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)
The Galician town of Sabucedo plays host this weekend to its dramatic 'Rapa das Bestas', or Shearing of the Beasts, a spectacle which is exhilarating for some and controversial for others.
