Fire and fervor at age-old Spanish festival
Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain, Dec 8 (EFE).- Hundreds of bonfires and brooms burned through Wednesday night in the town of Jarandilla de la Vera in western Spain, in a centuries-old religious rite to honor the Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception. Thousands of people gathered for the “Escobazos” (Spanish for broom strokes) to drink wine and … Read more