Every year two weeks after the Semana Santa, or holy week, the citizens of Seville come out to the fairgrounds for a huge gathering.
The streets of the grounds are lined with private tents called casetas for influential families, groups, or political parties.
The women are dressed in their colorful "trajes de flamenca" dresses.
The men and women riders wear their "traje corte" consisting of short jacket, tight pants and boots. From what I could tell they stay seated on their horses and ride through the fairgrounds. From time to time they will ride up and "park" in front of a caseta. They people from inside the caseta will bring out drinks and small bits of food for the riders.
The festivites begin around noon with the families riding through town and ending up at the fair and packing into their casetas. This goes on until about 8pm, but the party is only getting started. They stay in their casetas and party through the night until as late at 7am the next morning. This goes on for the entire week.
The riders are constantly sitting straight up and with such poise.
Even the young kids get a chance to ride.
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