Running of the Bulls and other San Fermín festivities
The San Fermín festival is held every year in the Spanish city of Pamplona on July 6 and lasts eight days.
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- Revellers run with Fuente Ymbro’s fighting bulls entering Estafeta Street during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 7, 2016 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled ‘The Sun Also Rises’, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
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- A reveller drinks wine as he celebrates the ‘Chupinazo’ (start rocket) to mark the kickoff at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival, in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 6, 2016. The San Fermin festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourist to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. / (AFP Photo/Miguel Riopa)
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- Participants hold red scarves as they celebrate the ‘Chupinazo’ (start rocket) to mark the kickoff at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival, in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 6, 2016. The San Fermin festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourist to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. / (AFP Photo/Pedro Armestre)
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- A man lies on the ground as a Fuente Ymbro fighting bulls pass on the first day of the San Fermin bull run on July 7, 2016, in Pamplona, northern Spain. On each day of the festival six bulls are released at 8:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) to run from their corral through the narrow, cobbled streets of the old town over an 850-meter (yard) course. Ahead of them are the runners, who try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. / (AFP Photo/Pedro Armestre)
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- Revellers run with Fuente Ymbro’s fighting bulls along Estafeta Street during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 7, 2016 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled ‘The Sun Also Rises’, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
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- Spanish mounted bullfighter Leonardo Hernandez performs during a horseback bullfight at San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. People from around the world kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- A woman with her face covered by theatrical blood takes part in a protest against bull runs in front of the City Hall on the eve of the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ”txupinazo” opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- People cover their bodies with theatrical blood as they hold buckets with slogans to protest against bull runs in front of the City Hall on the eve of the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ”txupinazo” opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- A cow jumps over revelers during cow’s festival at the end second running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, norther Spain, Friday, July 8, 2016. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- A Picador waits to enter the bullring on the second day of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, on July 7, 2016. Pamplona is host to the most famous of Spain’s many bull-running festivals, where hundreds of people try to outrun six charging bulls over 800 metres (yards). / (AFP Photo/Pedro Armestre)
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- Spanish bullfighter Miguel Abellan performs with a Fuente Ymbro ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the 2016 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2016. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part, during the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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- A young boy touches the nose of a ”Cabezudo”, a member of the San Fermin Comparsa Parade, during a religious procession at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2016. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- People celebrate beside ”Los Gaiteros ” musicians during the launch of the ‘Chupinazo’ rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2016 San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Revelers from around the world kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- Children run during the “encierro txiki” (small bull run) of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 8, 2016. On each day of the festival six bulls are released at 8:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) to run from their corral through the narrow, cobbled streets of the old town over an 850-meter (yard) course. Ahead of them are the runners, who try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. / (AFP Photo/Ander Gillenea)
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- A child react (R) as Caravinagre ‘Vinegar face’ kiliki (C) approaches during the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos, or Giants and Big Heads parade on the third day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 8, 2016 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled ‘The Sun Also Rises’, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
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- A Toro del Fuego (flaming bull) is run through the streets of Pamplona during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 7, 2016 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled ‘The Sun Also Rises’, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
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- People carry a statue of San Fermin Saint while take part in a procession at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2016. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- The body of a bull is pulled outside of the bull ring during a horseback bullfight at San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. People from around the world kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- Spanish mounted bullfighter Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza performs during a horseback bullfight at San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. People from around the world kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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Jul 11, 2016 @ 12:29:45
Amazing that people still tout this obnoxious, brutal, inhumane so-called festival. Taunting and chasing animals through the streets?? That some of the people who participate in this brutality end up getting impaled is poetic justice, though not nearly enough.