Goat throwing
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Goat throwing (in Spanish: Lanzamiento de cabra desde campanario or Salto de la cabra) was a festival in Manganeses de la Polvorosa, province of Zamora, Spain, celebrated on the fourth Sunday of January, where a group of young men threw a live goat from the top of a church. A crowd below would then catch the falling goat with a canvas sheet. Some goats survived the fall and some did not.[1] If the goat survived it was revered and paraded through the small village, becoming a local legend for years to come. The event is inspired by a legend that states that a goat, which miraculously fed the poor with its milk, fell out of the tower, but landed safely.
Animal rights groups demanded the end of this festival several times,[2][3] until the practice was banned in 2000. A toy plush goat was thrown in the 2014 celebration.[4]
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- ^ "Goat throwing in Spain". Marbella-guide.com. Marbella-guide. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Goat Throwing in Spain (Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "Spanish ceremony gets Lorelay's goat", BBC News, January 25, 1998
- ^ Y una cabra saltó desde el campanario en Manganeses de la Polvorosa in benavente.es
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