Other running of the bulls in Navarre

Tafalla

In Navarre, in addition to the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, ​​they are organized other Running of the Bulls in several locations. Some ofthe most famous ones are in Tafalla, 30 km away from Pamplona and in Tudela, 90 km awat. Those experienced runners that love to get the adrenaline from Running with the Bulls in Pamplona they often turn to these Running of the Bulls that take place after San Fermin. Tudela´s festivities are celebrated from 24 to 30 July and Tafalla ones from 14 to 20 August. These experience runners feel the Running is better in these locations as the number of runners is lowe.

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The Running of the Bulls

The Running of the Bullsis a unique experience for all the people gathered on the itinerary and specially for those who are going to run in front of the Bulls. It's a show that is defined by the willing risk and the physical abilities.
 The inexperienced runner must be informed of the dangerous characteristics of this race and the necessary protective measures to be taken for their safety and those who are at their side. Most of the times, from the balcony, we could see that recklessness havecaused serious injuries.

The Running of the Bulls isnot for everyone. Requires serenity, excellent awareness and strong physical preparation. Those not meeting these requirements should not participate in the race. The risk is serious.
Runners must be at the section between the Town Hall  Square (were the Chupinazo takes place) and the Education Building on the Cuesta de Santo Domingo.They must do so before 7.30 am, because after that time the doors will be closed. The rest of the itinerary will remain completely free of runners so anyone is allowed to be there and if the police see anyone they will ask them to leave the street. Few minutes before 8 am all the runners will decide where they want to run and how would they like to experience this risky but unique experience. www.sanferminbalconies

The two herds of Halters(Castrated Bulls)

The six bulls that will be fighting against the matador on the daily’s San Fermin Bullfight are the same that will be making possible the daily Running of the Bulls. They will start the run followed by a first bunch of Halters as those are familiar with the itinerary and will be guiding them up to the Bullfight Plaza. Two minutes after they will release a second herd of castrated bulls and those are called the “Tail Halters”, they are smaller than the previous ones and run slower as their mission is to drag into the arena any main bulls that have been left behind in the itinerary.
The Halters also called castrated bulls are distinguished not only by their morphology but because they wear abell around the neck.

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Tragic List History forthe Running of the Bulls

Throughout the history ofthe Running of the Bulls in Pamplona16 people have died

July 10, 2009, a young man aged 22 from Madrid
July 8, 2003, a man aged 63 from Pamplona
July 13, 1995, a young man aged 22 from Illinois. United States of America.
July 13, 1980, a young man aged 26 from Navarre
July 13, 1980, a young man aged 29 from Navarre
July 8, 1977 a young man aged 17 from Pamplona
July 9, 1975 a young man aged 41 from Navarre
July 12, 1974 a young man aged 18 from Pamplona
July 12, 1969 a man aged 42 from Navarre
 July 9, 1961 a young man aged 32 from Pamplona
July 10, 1947 a man from Pamplona
July 10, 1947 a man from Navarre
July 10, 1935 a young man aged 29 from Mexico
July 8, 1927 a young man aged 34 from Pamplona
July 13, 1924 a young man aged 22 from Navarre
July 7, 1910 a young man aged 21 from Navarre

On July 13t 1924, Hemingway witnessed the deadly toss of the young runner Esteban Stephen that he reflected in his novel "The Sun Also Rises".

This post is IN MEMORIAL FOR ALL OF THEM

Estafeta street balconies, rent balconies

This is the itinerary of the closure. Our balconies are located in Section 3. The closure starts on the Santo Domingo corrals and ends at the end of Estafeta Road where the Bullfight ring is located. The streets through which the closure unfolds are four: Santo Domingo, Plaza Consitorial, Mercaderes and Estafeta. The entire stretch of the closure has a length of 825 meters, which are covered by the mozos (runners) and bulls in an average time of three to four minutes. We have experience exceptional running’s that lasted over ten minutes but these wheremostly when a bull was “descolgado” disoriented and didn´t follow the herd.       

        

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Virtual "tour" of Encierro

Si pulsas en este Link puedes ver un gráfico del diario EL PAIS que representa virtualmente el recorrido del encierro.

Recorrido virtual del encierro

View the Running of the Bulls from a balcony

If you want to book a balcony to see the Running of the Bulls, you must hurry up!. I think it's very difficult to find places for the 7th and 8th of July already. This year, despite the crisis, the hotel´s owners are very pleased with the bookings. The festival of San Fermin is a major economic boost for the shops, restaurants, bar and and hotels in Pamplona.

Not only it generates employment but also those who have their homes along the itinerary will rent their balconies and get a breath of fresh air in their economy. Pamplona has around 200,000 in habitants but during San Fermin Festival this figure is tripled. So hurry up! If you come to San Fermin you cannot leave without seeing one of the daily Running of the Bulls!.

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The fenced encierro

Today, Monday the 4th of June, the fenced enclosure is starting to be installed from Santo Domingo corrals up to the Bullfight Ring. These works will keep on going until the 6th July when the Chupinazo takes place. Starting on the SantoDomingo Corrals and along the small "encierro2 (encierrillo) itinerary up to the Gas, an army of carpenters will assemble and ensure into the ground nearly 900 posts that hold the 2,700 planks required to make all the itinerary a safe place.

 From today the timbers will be progressively disposed, marking the path for the young men (mozos), bullsand the San Fermin Calendar until the San Fermin Festivities Eve, when the last planks, those located between Estafeta´s and Amaya´s  Streets will be installed.

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The Encierro

In my opinion the best videos are on the following web site http://www.rtve.es/noticias/san-fermin /

They offer eight different cameras signals plus the signal made during the San Fermin festival 2011. You can choose to watch the encierro (Closure) from which everpoint you prefer by picking a determined the camera. The site is written in Spanish but I it is easy to understand how to move around. As you will see, you can watchthemfrom whatever point of view you want without losing any details.

You could find out what happens in the Santo Domingo Hill or in Estafeta St at any time. You can even feel the tension of the runnersbefore the arrival of the bulls or what happens if any bull is left behind. Just click on the camera, choose the route of the encierro (closure) you want. They are many livestock some of them are Torrestrella, Cebada Gago, Dolores Aguirre, Miura, Fuente Ymbro, Victoriano del Rio, El Pilar or Nuñez de Cuvillo.

The Encierro (closure) 3

               Songs in the Niche

Every day the runners invoke the Saint asking their protection minutes before the race takes place. They do it with a newspaper in his hand in front of the niche that is located at de beginning of the Santo Domingo Hill. The song is sung three times (7.55, 7.57 and 7.59 hours) and goes : "We ask tos San Fermin/to be our guide/guiding us in the runnig/ giving us his blessing". In Spanish would be :  "A San Fermin pedimos/ por ser nuestro Patrón, nos guíe en el encierro/ Dándonos su bendición". Ends with shouts of "¡viva San Fermin!, Gora San Fermín!", And is one of the most exciting moments.

                                                                   
                                                                    
               The Fencing

It first appears in 1776 to mark the route for the running of the bulls an is the most important safety barrier. It is made of wooden spruce and consist of 1.800 boards, 40 gates, 590 post, 200 palisades, 2.400 and 2.000 screws sills. Each year 20 boards are replaced due to the damage.

           

 The Herd 

                           

The encierro (closure) its run by the six bulls that will figh in the afternoon at the Bullring and two groups of halters (gentle) that guide the bulls running in front of them. They are recognizable as they will have a bell hanging on their neck. They will be eight of them in total. Three more halters will be released at the very end to work as a "broom wagon".

Closure July 7, 2011    

The Encierro (closure) 1

The encierro (closure) is, outside of the liturgy, the central act of San Fermin and what Pamplona has projected as an image to the five continents. Any where in the planet have heard of the city where people runs down the street in front of the bulls.
The direct broadcasting on television has increased its legend and has brought a dangerous overcrowding. The number of runners is usually at 2.000 people but the weekend raises up to 3.500.The rate at the bulls run is around 24 km /h.

The Rockets
They are four of them. Its very important the punctuality of their timing being released as is the safety of ther runners depend largely on their correct timing.
The first rocket is released when the San Cernin clock is showing 8o´clock. At that time the corral doors open and the police barriers that are retaining all the runners will dissolve.
The second rocket alerts that the entire herd has already left the corrals, the third rocket informs that the bulls and oxen have already entered the bullring and finally the fourth one indicates that the entire herd has entered the corral that is inside of the Bullfight Ring.

The first rocket is released when the San Cernin clock is showing 8o´clock. At that time the corral doors open and the police barriers that are retaining all the runners will dissolve. The second rocket alerts that the entire herd has already left the corrals, the third rocket informs that the bulls and oxen have already entered the bullring and finally the fourth one indicates that the entire herd has entered the corral that is inside of the Bullfight Ring.



 The Running of the Bulls Run has always the same solar time. At 6 hours, ran to 1924, at 7 pm to 1973 and from 1974 to the 8 hours under official schedule changes.

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Closure of July 9, 2011  

The Encierrillo

This is the transference of the bulls from the further lying stalls from which the run begins. At 11 o´clock, in the night before the run with the bulls 440 metres quietly, calmly and unaccompanied to to the stalls in Santo Domingo . In order to see it one would have to collect tickets the Town Hall days before the event.

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The Encierro (Closure) 2

The Encierro  was born from need: getting the bulls from outside the city into the bullring. The encierro takes place from July 7th to 14th and starts at the corral in Calle Santo Domingo when the clock on the  church of San Cernin  (Gothic, XIII century) strikes eight o'clock in the morning. After the launching of two rockets, the bulls charge behind the runners for 825 metres, the distance between the corral and the bullring. The run usually lasts between three and four minutes although it has sometimes taken over ten minutes, especially if one of the bulls has been isolated from his companions.



               1                 Corrales
               1 - 2            Cuesta de Santo Domingo
               2                 Town Hall
               2 - 3            Mercaderes Street
               3 - 5            Estafeta Street
               5-6-7           Plaza de Toros. Access

 July 11, 2011