China News Service, October 25. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, on the 24th local time, the annual traditional Spanish "Migration and Grazing Festival", which was cancelled in 2020 due to the new crown epidemic, returned to the capital, Madrid, and the streets were again full of sheep. The group and the sound of "ding and jingle bells".
On October 24, 2021, local time, thousands of sheep entered the streets in the center of Madrid, Spain, preparing to participate in the annual "Migration and Herding Festival."
According to reports, this annual event, which began in 1994, allows herders to defend their rights and use traditional routes to drive sheep from northern Spain to pastures further south for winter grazing.
A few centuries ago, herders and sheep used this route through a quiet countryside, but this village has become a busy city.
The sheep will wear bells and make loud noises along the street. Many people specially come to watch this scene.
39-year-old Gonzalez said, “This is really amazing. I come every year. This is the first time I have brought a child with me, so it’s amazing.”
On October 24, 2021 local time, thousands of sheep entered the streets in the center of Madrid, Spain.
The lamb with a bell on its neck was walking dazzlingly on the street amidst a jingle.
Shepherds dressed in traditional costumes accompany the sheep to folk music and dance.
Children who are accustomed to the traffic jams on city streets are curious to get close to these animals.
"We can touch them sometimes," Iglesias, eight, came to watch the migration grazing activities with his father and six-year-old sister Noah.