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The Rapa das Bestas horse festival

Sabucedo horses: A villager shouts as he tries to round up wild horses
A villager shouts as he attempts to round up wild horses in Sabucedo, north-west Spain, during the 400-year-old Rapa das Bestas (shearing of the beasts) horse festival. Hundreds of wild horses are rounded up from the mountains, sheared and tagged Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Wild horses are led down the mountain at the Rapa Das Bestas festival
Wild horses are led down a mountain near Sabucedo Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: A foal runs as villagers try to round up wild horses in Sabucedo
A foal runs as villagers try to round up wild horses through the hills of Sabucedo Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Wild horses gallop through the hills of Sabucedo
Wild horses gallop through the hills of Sabucedo Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Two wild horses fight in the hills of Sabucedo
Two wild horses fight in Sabucedo Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Two Aloitadores (fighters) struggle with a wild horse
Two aloitadores (fighters) struggle to contain a wild horse Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Villagers try to round up wild horses through the hills of Sabucedo
Villagers attempt to round up wild horses in the hills of Sabucedo Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: An Aloitador Fighter tries to control a wild horse
An aloitador tries to control a wild horse Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: Wild horses fight during the Rapa Das Bestas festival
Wild horses fight during the Rapa Das Bestas festival Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: 'Aloitadores' Fighters hold a wild horse at the Rapa Das Bestas festival
Aloitadores try to tame a wild horse Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: A horseman tries to tame a wild horse during the Rapa Das Bestas festival
A horseman tries to control a wild horse Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: A wild horse bites another horse during the Rapa Das Bestas festival
One wild horse bites another Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
Sabucedo horses: An 'Aloitado' Fighter grabs a wild horse at the Rapa Das Bestas festival
A fighter grabs a wild horse Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
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