celebrations

=__//**SPAIN'S RUNNING OF THE BULLS**//__=

Every year in Pamplona, Spain there is a celebration called the running of the bulls its when people are let lose on a street, and then so are lot of bulls the trick is trying to come out alive, the purpose of the event is to get the bulls from the off-site corrals to the bullring where they would later be killed because young men would try and rampage the bulls with a bright red cloth waving it in front of the bulls face then moving it just before the bull runs into it at the end of doing that the bull is killed (in the bull ring) and dragged off. From left: bull jumping over a crowd, bulls running through the streets, bull fighter, a bull being killed at the end of a match.

the bull run begins at 8 am there are rockets set off the first one signals the people being released the second for the bulls being released and the third and fourth are to say that the bulls are entering the ring, the bulls usually run at 24km per hour, since 1910 only 15 people have died at the bull run but every year there is about 200-300 injures mostly caused by people falling over... ouch! most of the people are killed by the bulls "goring" people < this is an the map of the bull run

women can enter the running of the bulls as well as men it is entered by choice there are no known family's that have to do the running of the bulls. most people enter for the thrill and satisfaction that comes if you make it through the whole track there are 6 fighting bulls released as well as 2 herds of bullocks each day.

the running of the bulls is held from the 7th-14th July every year in the streets of Pamplona.

bulls running through the streets

Inquiry questions: Can women enter?, how many people have died in this event?, why do people enter?, when is it held?, where is it held? i got all of my infomation from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_of_the_Bulls