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Transferring the wine through Saint William’s head. Obanos, 1985. M.ª Amor Beguiristáin.

Holy Week was over, but celebrations continued in Obanos, a village in Navarre where a most singular ritual is observed on the Thursday after Easter Sunday: water and wine are blessed by pouring them through Saint William’s head reliquary. Events took place on 31 March this year, in the newly arrived spring season 2016. (more…)