:02:01
Newly wedded men gather.
:02:04
Each must take up the head of a rooster.
:02:11
A rope extends across the street.
:02:13
On it hangs a rooster tied by the legs.
:02:16
The men gallop by and try to catch a head.
:02:31
After parading in triumph with the heads...
:02:34
...the grooms offer everyone wine.
:02:52
It's a time for enjoyment.
:03:02
In the crowd, a baby adorned with silver medals.
:03:06
They are like amulets from Africa or Oceania.
:03:22
By 7 pm...
:03:25
...almost everyone is drunk.
:03:28
3 kilometers away, from a hill top...
:03:32
...we look down on the 52 villages of Las Hurdes.
:03:35
They have a total population of ten thousand.
:03:41
Down steep slopes to the valley of the Batuecas...
:03:44
...inhabited by a solitary monk and his maid.