Spain has it's fair share of really strange local traditions, including the running of the bulls and the baby jumping festival, but one little-known cultural practice will give you goosebumps. The Village of El Carpio de Tajo celebrated Spain’s patron saint Santiago on Monday, July 25 by partaking in the annual ‘goose pulling’ festival. In the festivities, which date back over 400 years, geese are hung by their feet from a thick rope stretched across the town’s square as mounted riders attempt to yank the heads off the birds as they gallop by.