Spanish Luminarias festival sees people riding horses through bonfires
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man drinks wine near a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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Children sitting in a heap of wood, watch riders and horses pass trough bonfires in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man smokes while another rides a horse near a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man drinks wine near a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
Children sitting in a heap of wood, watch riders and horses pass trough bonfires in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man smokes while another rides a horse near a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of animals. -- PHOTO: AP
Images from Spain where on the eve of St Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the Luminarias, a traditional festival that dates back 500 years.
It is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires, and protect them for the year to come.
