Shaving the Beasts: Wild Horses and Ritual in Spain

by John Hartigan Jr.

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A vivid first-person study of a notorious equine ritual--from the perspective of the wild horses who are its targets Wild horses still roam the mountains of Galicia, Spain. But each year, in a ritual dating to the 1500s called rapa das bestas , villagers herd these "beasts" together and shave their manes and tails. Shaving the Beasts is a firsthand account of how the horses experience this traumatic rite, producing a profound revelation about the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1517904749

ISBN13:9781517904746

Release Date:November 2020

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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