A man rides a horse with a child through the flames during the Luminarias annual religious celebration on the night before the feast of Saint Anthony, patron of animals, in San Bartolome de los Pinares, northwest of Madrid. According to tradition that dates back 500 years, people ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of this small village to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires.

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