Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ancient ... the arrival of spring in Colmenar Viejo, Spain. This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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Photograph by Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP The participating families build and decorate altars with aromatic flowers and herbs ... passion for documenting Spain’s arcane festivals, of which ...