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The Celtic Realm
MARCH 2006
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The Hard Way
Photograph by Jim Richardson
With bare hands and steel nerves, teammates pull down a wild horse at La Rapa das Bestas, or the Cropping of the Beasts, a festival held in Vimianzo, Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The tradition of wrestling horses to the ground in order to trim their manes and tails goes back, say Galicians, to Celts who settled the Iberian Peninsula by the seventh century B.C. Though the Romans eventually vanquished the Celts, their heritage has persisted in northwestern Spain, aided by later migrations from other parts of the Celtic realm. Someone from Ireland or Wales or Brittany who hikes the damp coastline dotted with circular ruins, stops in village taverns to hear bagpipe music, or finds a church with a holy well beside it, would swear that Galicia almost feels like home.
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Camera: Nikon D2X
Format: Digital
Lens: 16mm
Speed and F-Stop: 1/400 @ f/7
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Weather Conditions: Overcast with chances of stampede and impending death
Time of Day: Afternoon
Lighting Techniques: Natural light
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