The festival of San Fermín in the city of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the party is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo, to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the Pobre de Mí. While its most famous event is the encierro, or the running of the bulls, which happens at 8:00 am from 7 July to 14 July, the week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarre. Its events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, which brought it to the general attention of English-speaking people. It has become probably the most internationally renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to participate in this festival Uno de Enero, dos de Febrero, tres de Marzo, cuatro de Abril, cinco de Mayo, seis de Junio, siete de Julio San Fermin. A Pamplona hemos de ir, con una media, con una media, a Pamplona hemos de ir con una media y un calcetín

1. The Running of the bulls:
What is it?

2. The Running of the bulls (In Spanish encierro)
involves hundreds of people running in front of
six bulls and another six steers down an 825-
metre (0.51 mile) stretch of narrow streets of a
section of the old town of Pamplona. The run
ends in the Pamplona's bullring taking a mean
time of around 3 minutes where the bulls would
be held until the afternoons bullfight when they
would be killed.

3. Fermin was ordained a
priest in Toulouse and
returned to Pamplona as
its first bishop. There is no
written record of
veneration in Pamplona
of the Saint until the 12th
century.
Born c. 272 Pamplona, Spain
Died c. 303 Amiens, France
Feast 25 September; 7 july in
Pamplona, Spain

4. At Pamplona, Saint Fermin is now sometimes
said to have met his end by being dragged
through the streets with angry bulls running
after him.

5. Where is it?

6. The festival of San Fermín in the city
of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a
deeply rooted celebration held
annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the
opening of the party is marked by
setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo,
to midnight 14 July, with the singing
of the Pobre de Mí.

7. While its most famous event is the
encierro, or the running of the bulls,
which happens at 8:00 am from 7 July to
14 July, the week-long celebration
involves many other traditional and
folkloric events.

8. ¡VIVA SAN FERMIN!
¡GORA SAN FERMIN!
"Uno de enero, dos de febrero,
tres de marzo, cuatro de abril,
cinco de mayo, seis de junio
siete de julio, ¡SAN FERMÍN!
A Pamplona hemos de ir,
con una media, con una media,
a Pamplona hemos de ir
con una media y un calcetín."

9. Its events were central to
the plot of The Sun Also
Rises, novel written by
Ernest Hemingway in 1926
about a group of American
and British expatriates who
travel from Paris to the
Festival of San Fermín in
Pamplona to watch the
running of the bulls and the
bullfights, which brought it
to the general attention of
English-speaking people.

10. It has become probably the most internationally
renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people
come to participate in this festival.