SAN FERMIN

SAN FERMIN

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JON IBAÑEZ, UNAI URRUTIA, XABIER LURI

THE FESTIVAL OF SAN FERMÍN

• It is a week-long festival usually held in Pamplona.
• The most famous event is the running of bulls, between 7 and 14 of July.
• It has become probably the most internationally renowned festival in Spain with over a million people coming to participate.

ORIGIN OF THE FESTIVAL

• San Fermín is considered the first bishop of Pamplona and this festival is celebrated in his honour, commemorating his martyrdom in France.

• Originally, it didn’t start on July 7 and there weren’t the same events. In addition, another fair was held, and finally all these events were unified in one. Nowadays, San Fermin starts on July 7, officially on July 6 with the "chupinazo".

WHY THE RED SCARF IN SAN FERMIN?

• Traditionally, you can wear it knotted around your neck while the festival is in progress.
• That is why before the "chupinazo" people usually wear it on their wrist, pocket or hand, and throw them to the air to inaugurate the fiestas.
• Once the festivities begin, everyone ties it around their necks.

ONE DAY EVENTS

CHUPINAZO

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• The "chupinazo" is a firework that starts the festival.

• It is launched on July 6 from Pamplona's city balcon.

• Thousands of people celebrate this event in the hall’s square.

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RIAU-RIAU

• It is an extraofficial traditional event, with critical spirit. It is made on July 6 afternoon.

• Many people gather in the way from the city hall to the Saint Lorenzo church, singing and dancing the “Riau Riau”, a vals.

SAINT FERMIN PROCESSION

It is followed by entertainers, and important people such as the mayor and other political and religious authorities.

This event happens on July 7. Thousands of people follow the statue of Saint Fermin through the old part of the city.

“POBRE DE MI”

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• After nine days from the Chupinazo, people meet in the city hall square at midnight on July 14.

• Everyone sings the Pobre de mí, the city mayor closes the festival while people remove their red scarf. The closing ceremony finishes with the fireworks display.

DAILY EVENTS

RUNNING OF THE BULLS

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• The most famous event is the running of the bulls, It begins at 8 in the morning from July 7 to 14.

• It has become probably the most internationally renowned festival in Spain with over a million people coming to participate.

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“GIGANTES Y CABEZUDOS”

• The Giants of Pamplona, with their 161 years of history, are one of the most emblematic symbols of the festival.

• Their height is about 4 meters each, and they are carried by a dancer inside a wooden structure. During the parade, the giants dance to the rhythm of traditional music.

TRADITIONAL SPORTS

There are exhibitions and competitions of Basque rural sports every morning in the "Plaza de los Fueros", a square close to the city citadel, although they were formerly held in the bullring.

Sports include stone lifting, wood cutting, or rock lifting.

BULLFIGHT

• Every afternoon from July 7 to 14 there is a bullfight, in which the 6 bulls that have been driven to the bullring, during the bullrunning of that day, are killed.

FIREWORKS

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Every night at 23:00, a firework spectacle is held at the citadel park. Fireworks spectacles have been known to occur in San Fermin as far back as 1595.

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