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What the flock!? Thousands of sheep take over Madrid in annual parade
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22.10.2018
Thousands of sheep flocked to Madrid's city centre on Sunday to take part in the annual parade known as 'la fiesta de la trashumancia' ('the feast of trans-humanity').
The event celebrates ancient grazing traditions and migration rights, which are being threatened by modern agricultural practices and an increasingly urban existence.
Every year since 1994, shepherds have led their herds through the city, following a route that once cut through undeveloped countryside, on their way to graze in winter pastures of southern Spain.
Tourists and locals were surprised to see traffic halted to allow the flock to graze freely around some of the city's most well-known locations.
The event celebrates ancient grazing traditions and migration rights, which are being threatened by modern agricultural practices and an increasingly urban existence.
Every year since 1994, shepherds have led their herds through the city, following a route that once cut through undeveloped countryside, on their way to graze in winter pastures of southern Spain.
Tourists and locals were surprised to see traffic halted to allow the flock to graze freely around some of the city's most well-known locations.
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