Goat throwing
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Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of January, 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 where a group of young men threw a live goat from the top of a church based on local legend. A crowd below would then catch the falling goat with a canvas sheet. Animal rights groups demanded the end of this festival several times,[1][2] until the practice was banned in 2002.[3] A toy plush goat was thrown in the 2014 celebration.[4]
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- ^ Goat Throwing in Spain (Archived at WebCite)
- ^ "Spanish ceremony gets Lorelay's goat", BBC News, January 25, 1998
- ^ "Spaniards Won't Throw Goat", CBS News
- ^ Y una cabra saltó desde el campanario en Manganeses de la Polvorosa in benavente.es
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