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In the small village of El Rocío, which has a good 1000 inhabitants during the year, more than one million people come every year for the pilgrimage - Romería del Rocío - at Whitsun. The pilgrims, the Romeros, arrive from over a hundred brotherhoods from all over Spain, mainly on horses and teams of oxen, to celebrate the cult of the Holy Spirit (often referred to as Blanca Paloma - the white dove) and pay homage to the Virgin Mary. All the time, the horses and teams of horses and oxen are characteristic of the town, moving through it alongside pedestrians, exhibiting themselves, forming processions or making their reciprocal visits to the other brotherhoods.
Content
Kurt KAINDL's photo book 'A Spanish Festival' documents the 'Romería del Rocío', to which the pilgrims, the Romeros, from over a hundred brotherhoods from all over Spain travel, mainly on horses and teams of oxen, to celebrate the cult of the Holy Spirit (often referred to as Blanca Paloma - the white dove) and to pay homage to the Virgin Mary. The black and white photographs were taken in 2000.