Spain bull running festival

July is an exciting month in Spain. The festival of San Fermin, or the Pamplona bull running as it’s more commonly known outside of Spain officially begins on 6th July every year. Thousands pack into the narrow street to start the fiesta to honour Navarre capital’s patron saint, San Fermin.

Usually the way to do this is to start off slowly when the bulls are still a safe distance behind. Then as they get nearer start running like like no tomorrow… You can then go near them for a short while, as near as you are prepared to risk hurting yourself, and then quickly get out of the way before the bull head you in your butt. Runners run for their life looking for a gap in the fence to slip through or jump over, or a space against the wall of the street.

When the bulls finally reach the end of the street, they go into pens and are kept until later that day when they are killed in a bullfight.

Since the bull running festival began in 1924, as many as 13 people have been killed so far.

This bull running is definitely not for the faint hearted. So don’t count me in.









Why are you all going to have a festival like this when the bulls go crazy and maybe hurt people?
Because we can!
wow, this is fantastic
Is that every year in Pamplona?
I have lived in spain long time ago and now I visited Madrid for the third time to see if I live there. I realize this tradition is going on since 1920s. However, When it comes to jeopardizing human life and doing exccesive animal abuse, I consider this as a total madness for those who claimed to be brave to do this type of foolish acts , which may backfire on spanish culture as whether or not this type of traditional practices are acceptable among spanish people as long as long as there are casualties.
Quit your bitching, no one said you had to do it. lighten up and quit being a hard ass. you haven’t lived ’till you’ve ran for your life from something. i feel bad for you, you will never live. just sit in your save little chair in your safe little house while the rest of us have fun.
wat killing poor animals for fun i spit on anyone who lets that happen
Spanish bullrun is a bit dangourus. i wouldn’t like to go there, would you?
hi my name is amy! i wouldn’t like to go to the bull run. would you? it is a bit dangeorous. isn’t it?