During the raucous San Fermin festival in Spain, a man narrowly escaped being chased by a bull. The streets of the northern city of Pamplona were the setting for this exciting spectacle.
The festival attracts tens of thousands of people from all over the world. They gather in the heart of the city to stay ahead of the animals on the stampede. In the midst of the crowd, a reveler suddenly fell to the ground as two bulls rattled inches away. He was one of many runners on the verge of collapsing—or worse—being swallowed.
This event was made world famous by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”. This year we celebrate the centenary of the writer’s first visit to Pamplona. A rocket is launched each morning to scare away the bulls, who run chaotically from the city’s narrow streets crowded with tourists. During their furious flight to the Plaza de Toros, bulls often run into walls and runners.
From racing to competing
The races are usually short, lasting only a few minutes, after which the rest of the day is filled for the runners with lavish parties, delicious food, and attending cultural events. Last year, four bull riders were injured during the festival, and a total of 16 people have been killed in bull races since 1910, most recently in 2009. The bulls that ran every morning are finally killed in the afternoon by the famous. Bullfighters, also called bullfighters.
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