Pamplona - Running of the Bulls

07 Jul

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Every year on 6 of July Spanish people get together to party during the Los Sanfermines Festival (The Sanfermin Festival). This festival takes place from 6th of July until 14th of July in Pamplona, capital of Navarra.

If it weren’t for Ernest Hemmingway’s writing, The Sun Also Rises (1926), people from America, Australia, Asia or Africa wouldn’t have heard about this festival which is pretty unique due to the Running of the Bulls.

The Los Sanfermines was originally a religious festival, held in October in honour of San Fermin, the city’s patron saint.

The festival begins on 6th of July, at noon when the chupinazo rocket is set off from the City Hall balcony. This is the official start of the festival. Thousands of people gather in the City Hall square, holding San Fermin red neckerchiefs tied around their necks when the rocket goes off.

The cruel Running of the Bulls run starts at 8 am the second day, on 7th of July and takes place every morning until 14th of July, the day of the last run. As you will see in the photos, everybody who’s running along with the bulls is wearing white clothes and a red neckerchief and a red sash around the waist. Every morning 6 bulls are chosen to run through the city, until they reach the arena. Also eight oxen run along with the bulls, and another three are set off behind them just 2 minutes later.

As you can tell this Running of the Bulls is very dangerous, along the years many people have lost their lives. It’s not something you should joke about!

Here are a few photos I got from the internet. You can see this is really not something you should joke about!

pamplona town hall