Occupational Monuments - O Forcado
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RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 45.357 W 008° 57.351
29S E 503836 N 4289695
The pitchforks are amateur groups of several men that on a "bull race" grab bull by the horns.
Waymark Code: WMD7Q9
Location: Setúbal, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/02/2011
Views: 8
When performing a "handle", eight men enter the arena, the first prong is the bulls face, the other seven help it to stop the bull, with one (rabejador) that holds the tail of the bull, in order to cause imbalance and for when his fellows leaves, the animal does not invest on them..
Sector of the workforce: Pitchfork
Created or Donated by which group: Soares Branco
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