スペイン首都を羊の大群が行進、伝統の移動放牧の権利行使

【マドリードＡＦＰ＝時事】スペインの首都マドリードで20日、牧羊業者らが約2000匹の羊の群れを行進させ、都市部の無秩序な開発で脅かされている伝統的な移動放牧の権利を毅然（きぜん）と行使した。（写真はスペイン・マドリードを行進する羊やヤギの群れ）
　メーメーと声を上げ、からんころんとベルを鳴らしながら歩く羊のパレードを見ようと、通りには観光客や地元住民が列を成した。
　この行進は１９９４年から毎年行われており、かつて羊飼いたちが冬を過ごすために南部の牧草地へ向かうのに使った道を通過する。
　羊飼いたちは中世から、かつて森林や放牧地を通っていたこの道での移動放牧権を有している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/10/23-08:40）

Shepherds guided a flock of around 2,000 sheep through the streets of Madrid on Sunday in defence of ancient grazing and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl.
Tourists and local residents lined the streets to watch as the bleating, bell-clanking parade passed the Spanish capital's most emblematic locations, cutting traffic.
The herd was accompanied by musicians and dancers dressed in regional costumes that have been worn by rural workers for centuries.
Shepherds halted at the town hall so the chief herdsman could hand local authorities 50 maravedies -- copper coins first minted in the 11th century -- as payment for the crossing.
The parade started in the Casa de Campo, a former royal hunting ground that is now Madrid's largest park, then made its way through the Puerta del Sol -- the main square -- and past the Bank of Spain's headquarters before ending up at the town hall.
Every year since 1994 sheep farmers have paraded their livestock through the city along a route that once cut through undeveloped countryside on their way to winter grazing pastures in southern Spain.
Since medieval times, shepherds have had the right to use herding paths crisscrossing a landscape that was once woodland and grazing space.