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Celtic Realm

A Quemada, an ancient Celtic drinking tradition, at Casa Roxo in the ancient Celtic village of Piernado in Los Ancares, the eastern mountainous region of Galicia. At a Quemada the alcohol is burned way, looking very spirit-like, while a poem is read casting away all sort of evil spirits. Here the old Celtic ways are still pretty fresh and the current generation still uses the old Pallozas, thatched stone houses that were home to livestock as well, even if they have built newer living quarters next door.

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A Quemada, an ancient Celtic drinking tradition, at Casa Roxo in the ancient Celtic village of Piernado in Los Ancares, the eastern mountainous region of Galicia. At a Quemada the alcohol is burned way, looking very spirit-like, while a poem is read casting away all sort of evil spirits. Here the old Celtic ways are still pretty fresh and the current generation still uses the old Pallozas, thatched stone houses that were home to livestock as well, even if they have built newer living quarters next door.