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World Home Threshold Day leads today's complete edition for Spain.
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A day for the doors, mats, shoes, keys, steps, and greetings that mark the passage between the world and home.
In villages across rural Spain, this marks the beginning of the matanza, the traditional pig slaughter. Families gather to kill the pig and process every part into chorizo, morcilla, jamon, and lomo. The matanza is a dying tradition, regulated by EU law, but it remains central to the culture of inland Spain.