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While walking in the Chueca district in Madrid, I stumbled on a line of people with animals; they were waiting for their animals to be blessed by a priest.
On a grey day in Madrid, I decided to walk around the trendy neighbourhood of Chueca. At one point, I came across two women with two dogs - dressed up completely. I followed them, mostly because I heard a brass band playing in the distance. After looking at the band for a while, I noticed there was a long queue on one side of the narrow street of Hortaleza. People were patiently lining up, and when I realized they all carried dogs, I got really curious. The line stopped at a high wooden door, in which a priest appeared.
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