Spain: Last day of Zarron Festival in Almazan by Jorge Sanz
Last day of Zarrón festival in the town of Almazan, north of Spain. The Zarron Festival is a shepherds tradition just over 200 hundred years old that honours Saint Pascual Bailon, patron saint of shepherds. El Zarron is a character that represents a shepherd that protects to his flock of sheep from wolves. It wears beard, a hat with vulture feathers and a sheep or fox tail and leather clothes. Members of the brotherhood throw sweets ahead of the procession, and the Zarron has to clear the way of people with a 'zambomba' attached to his stick.
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