PHOTO ESSAY: Spain's wildest pilgrimage, El Rocío, brings together faith, nature and partying

PHOTO ESSAY: Spain's wildest pilgrimage, El Rocío, brings together faith, nature and partying

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in southern Spain for Pentecost weekend.

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