The festival of San Fermin 2009 kicks off in Pamplona
Spain has always been famous as an incredible tourist spot. In Northern Spain, San Fermin is a festival of Spain and is held every year on July 6 at Pamplona, a small city in Navarre. This year San Fermin festival of 2009 has started on July 6 at afternoon and there was huge crowd around Town Hall to celebrate this festival. During this festival there are numbers of activities and events to enjoy and the closing ceremony will be on July 14.
The Pamplona party started with the firing of a small rocket called the “chupinazo” and then it lead to a huge celebration with live music, champagne and plenty of music. Most of the people who take part in this festival wears traditional white pants and shirts with a red neckerchief tied at the front. All of them were covered with abundant amount of sparkling wine, sangria and other drinks. Residents poured buckets of water over the crowd from their balconies.
The San Fermin festival is known around the world for its running of the bulls. The first bull running of this year is on Tuesday. Each run will take place at 8:00 a.m. till July 14. After keeping record since 1924, approximately 13 people had been killed in the running of the bulls and the last victim was 22 years old, an American who gored to death in 1995. Spanish Red Cross spokesman, Jose Aldaba told that no one was gored in Tuesday’s run but four people were hospitalized with bruises and bumps. Spanish Television told that there were about 2,000 people took part in the first of eight runs at the celebration of San Fermin festival. To see more information click here.
The photos of the San Fermin festival are so wonderful that you will think that you should also go there and celebrate this festival and enjoy it. To see more photos click here. See some photos of the festival here:
1. In the beginning of the festival at noon, City Officials launched a skyrocket known as the “chupinazo” and afterwards started the events.
2. The crowds packed the Town Hall square and there was no space found on the first day of the festival.
3. All the people were enjoying the festival by throwing water on each other.
4. You can see in the photo that people are throwing Sangria everywhere.
5. All the participants had wear traditional white pants and shirts with a red neckerchief tied at the front.
6. The people are wearing red scarves and celebrating in Pamplona.
7. Revelers are celebrating in front of the town hall.
8. Revelers hold up a woman during the opening of the 2009 San Fermin festival on July 6 at afternoon.
9. Revelers are showered with water and celebrating the festival.
10. A tourist is jumping in celebration during the ‘Chupinazo’ in Pamplona.
11. A regional music band wearing red berets which is the traditional color for the festival.
12. People celebrate with red scarves in their hands in front of the town hall.
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