#festival iluminarias
epaselect epa11829412 A rider on a horse goes through a bonfire during the 'luminarias' festival in San Bertolome de Pinares, Avila, Spain, 16 January 2025. In this centuries-old town tradition, riders guide their horses through street bonfires in a purification ritual. The practice emerged from medieval beliefs about smoke's protective powers during plague times, though we now know better disease prevention methods were needed. EPA/RAUL SANCHIDRIAN
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