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San Fermín and the encierro
Pamplona's July feast, when bulls run each morning through the old town's streets to the bullring, with runners ahead of them.
Cattle at San Fermín and the encierro
The feast of San Fermín in Pamplona begins at noon on 6 July with the chupinazo, a rocket fired from the town hall balcony, and lasts until midnight on the 14th. Each morning from the 7th, at eight o'clock, six fighting bulls and their steers run through the old town along a fenced route of about 850 metres to the bullring, while people in white with red scarves run ahead of them. The run lasts a few minutes. The bulls are fought in the ring that evening, which is the subject of long public debate in Spain. The rest of the feast is processions, giants and big-heads, music and street life.
Also part of it, and being written: Spanish Fighting Bull (The breed raised on the ranches for the encierro and the ring.).
Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "Festival of San Fermín" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.