:03:02
In the crowd, a baby adorned with silver medals.
:03:06
They are like amulets from Africa or Oceania.
:03:22
By 7 pm...
:03:25
...almost everyone is drunk.
:03:28
3 kilometers away, from a hill top...
:03:32
...we look down on the 52 villages of Las Hurdes.
:03:35
They have a total population of ten thousand.
:03:41
Down steep slopes to the valley of the Batuecas...
:03:44
...inhabited by a solitary monk and his maid.
:04:06
For centuries this has been home to monks of the Carmelite order.
:04:10
They preached Christianity in the villages of Las Hurdes.
:04:15
Batuecas has a rich prehistory.
:04:17
Skilful cave paintings...
:04:21
...representing men, goats and bees.
:04:44
Toads, snakes and lizards...
:04:46
...are now the only inhabitants of these ruins.