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San Fermín 2009
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Created: 07/16/09
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The festival of San Fermín in the city of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the fiesta is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo, to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the Pobre de Mí.
While its most famous event is the encierro, the running of the bulls, the biggest day is 7 July, when thousands of people accompany a replica of the statue of Saint Fermin along the streets in the old part of Pamplona. San Fermin is accompanied by dancers and street entertainers, such as the Gigantes (giant-sized figures who represent the King and Queen of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America) and the Cabezudos (the Bigheads). The week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarra. Its events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, which brought it to the general attention of English-speaking people. It has become probably the most internationally renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to watch this festival.
This is a reportage about a night in Pamplona, from dusk till dawn. I hope you enjoy it!
While its most famous event is the encierro, the running of the bulls, the biggest day is 7 July, when thousands of people accompany a replica of the statue of Saint Fermin along the streets in the old part of Pamplona. San Fermin is accompanied by dancers and street entertainers, such as the Gigantes (giant-sized figures who represent the King and Queen of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America) and the Cabezudos (the Bigheads). The week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarra. Its events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, which brought it to the general attention of English-speaking people. It has become probably the most internationally renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to watch this festival.
This is a reportage about a night in Pamplona, from dusk till dawn. I hope you enjoy it!
h. 8.00 a.m.
The sun rises and It starts the "Encierro" with the bull race. We wait for the bulls in the "Plaza de Toros"
The sun rises and It starts the "Encierro" with the bull race. We wait for the bulls in the "Plaza de Toros"
The firts group of runners arrives just before the bulls and all the people in the plaza start throwing everything they have in their hands. They are coward and don't deserve respect!!!
Finally the bulls arrive!!!
The bulls are closed into a stable and start the show of "las vaquillas" - little bulls, less dangerous (their horns are protected).
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