An ancient festival in Galicia, Spain -- the Rapa Das Bestas -- is an old practice of 'Taming the Beasts' and is thought to date back to the Bronze Age.
Men and women alike would wrestle the untamed horses to the ground with their hands and arms to cut their manes and tails. It is considered a noble tradition where man pits his strength against a beast without ropes or weapons and only using his bare hands and courage.
Men and women alike would wrestle the untamed horses to the ground with their hands and arms to cut their manes and tails. It is considered a noble tradition where man pits his strength against a beast without ropes or weapons and only using his bare hands and courage.
