Monday, December 3, 2012

Holiday in Spain and most passionate people in the world together revelry

SaidSpainIs the most warm countries in the world, is not an exaggeration. Here the people know, here the high streets and back lanes are smiling, the language also need not flurried, with their enthusiasm and smile the Spaniard infected every visitor. Here all the year round all day, if this is your first time to come to Spain, but to do their homework in advance oh.

Spain has more than bulls ran sheep festival also crazy

The so-called The so-called "towards the sheep Festival" real name is migration section

In fact, Ben Yang Festival is a name coined by David casually, this so-called "towards the sheep Festival" real name is migration section. When it comes to this festival, dating back to several centuries ago. Many years ago, when Spain was a relatively strong agricultural country, grazing holds the very great proportion in Spain, when the turn of the season, the shepherd will drove the sheep, from the north or west to southern warm grasslands, such freedom of movement, seems to have become a tradition, however this is the no control of the freedom of migration, cause the herd has taken place, vineyards, fields is always a mess, and accustomed to the freedom of herdsmen, no responsibility, while the master did not come, have rushed to eat the sheep go to one's heart's content, when the owner of the field to the the arch-criminal, this group already in dozens of kilometers away.

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Get desperation Tian landlord people continue to King reflected, finally, known as the Alfonso ten passed a law, can be free to catch sheep herders migrate south, but the 5 prohibitions: not let the flocks break through vineyards, orchards, farmland, pastures and meadows, such as a violation, will suffer severe punishment, and each one thousand sheep, 5 only to the king tribute. This law, let the herdsmen a headache, but every year they go through Madrid, drove the sheep in the bustling downtown, go to the city hall to pay tribute to their. Over the centuries, the tribute of activity has become a parade, a ceremony, although now the shepherd is less and less, the truck instead of walking migration, cage instead of a shepherd, even like wolves beast, it is hard to see their shadow, this time of year, the herdsmen will still be driving their herd, stroll to town, went to the city hall symbolically pay tribute, as their ancestors.

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Sunday morning, by David telephone wake, I sleep habits or change not to drop, it set the alarm, but not to. Have a drowsy look to have a look, found from the start time and half an hour, did not wash, picked up the camera went downtown to. Out of the subway, found in the Puerta del Sol are already huge crowds of people. The Spaniard is always likes lively, people already will march road -- Mayor Street to surround, struggled to shuttle in the crowd, this is the holiday season, who would be a "rampage" foreigners but not happy? Kind of like the kind of optimist character, little things can make them happy for a long time.

Image & text.Li Shuyan

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