In other words, Galician Carnavales might have originally celebrated and honored their crops and animal bounty of the year through traditions of purification and sacrifice. This reverence for the land and respect for livestock can be seen in their use of vejigas, or cow bladders, in their traditional costume. Cow bladders are dried then blown up like balloons. Then, those in traditional dress bang multiple of them against each other as they run through the streets in Xinzo. This practice is tied to the broader legacy of indigenous peoples all over the globe using every part of the animals they would kill as a sign of respect and reverence for the sustenance animals provided them.
