San Fermin 2013
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 3438
Participants hold red scarves as they celebrate the [Chupinazo] to mark the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival on July 6, 2013 in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona, northern Spain. Tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's streets for a drunken kick-off to Spain's best-known fiesta: the nine-day San Fermin bull-running festival. (Photo by Rafa Rivas/AP Photo)
Revelers hold up traditional red neckties as tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's main square in Pamplona, northern Spain on Saturday, July 6, 2013 to celebrate the start of Spain's most famous bull-running festival with the annual launch of the [chupinazo] rocket. Perhaps best glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel [The Sun Also Rises], the San Fermin festival is known around the world for the daily running of the bulls. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)
Participants hold red scarves as they celebrate the [Chupinazo] marking the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival at Castle square in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 6, 2013. Ten of thousands of people packed Pamplona's streets for a drunken kick-off to Spain's best-known fiesta: the nine-day San Fermin bull-running festival. (Photo by Pedro Armestre/AFP Photo)
A reveller jumps from a fountain at the Plaza de Navarreria as he is sprayed with water during the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 6, 2013. The beginning of the festival, known as the Chupinazo, was postponed for 20 minutes while authorities removed a Basque flag hanging in front of the town hall. The annual San Fermin festival, famous for the running of the bulls event, started on Saturday and runs until July 14. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)
Revelers react while they ask for water to be thrown from balconies during the launch of the [Chupinazo] rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2013 San Fermin fiestas, Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)
Revelers enjoy being sprayed with water from a balcony in Ayuntamiento square, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Saturday, July 6, 2013, as they celebrate the start of Spain's most famous bull-running festival with the annual launch of the [chupinazo] rocket. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)
Revellers celebrate during the opening day of the San Fermin fiestas. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Revelers hold up a girl during the launch of the [Chupinazo] rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2013 San Fermin fiestas. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
Revellers celebrate during the opening day of the San Fermin fiestas. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
An Alcurrucen's ranch fighting bull runs towards revelers. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
Revelers are chased by a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
Revelers are chased by a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
Revelers run with Valdefresno's ranch fighting bulls at Calle Estafeta. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Revelers run in front of a Valdefresno ranch fighting bull. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
Revelers go after Alcurrucen ranch fighting bulls on the Estafeta corner. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press)
Runners get trapped by steers at the entrance to the bull ring during the third running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2013. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)
A Toro del Fuego (flaming bull) is run through the streets of Pamplona. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Revelers dance during El Baile de la Alpargata [Espadrille Dance] in the Casino Principal Club. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A girl cries as a Caravinagre [Vinegar face] kiliki approaches her during the [Giants and Big Heads parade]. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Revelers kiss on a street during the San Fermin fiestas. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)