Every January 16, in the Spanish town of San Bartolome de Pinares, the festivities are celebrated in honor of San Antonio Abad, patron saint of animals, known as Las Luminarias.
The main event consists of the propagation of large bonfires by which the riders cross the bonfires with their horses in order to purify them and that the saint give them good health and deprived them of diseases.
There is no written record of its beginning, but it is said that it is a tradition that began in the 18th century.
All animals are treated with care and respect and no horses is injured.
Carlos Ramiro is a Spanish photographer living in Thailand. His photographic journey is divided into two stages: Beginning and first years where he works as a freelance, he was mainly interested in travel and documentary photography. After a long parenthesis away from the photographic world, he resumed his work as a freelancer, and although he is still very interested in documentary and travel photography, as well as photojournalism, his photographic spectrum has expanded to architecture and fine art photography.
