Cappuccino & Ermitaño

12 July, 2009 por admin

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A weekend during San Fermin is a unique time, even for the festival itself. People from all over the world will try to come to Pamplona for at least a couple days, but the weekend is the time when most of the people in the region will ONLY be able to make it. In other years San Fermin has included two weekends, this year, just one.

The earlier bull runs of the festival were rather quick and uncomplicated. That all changed when the weekend began. It started off on a dark note, the first encierro related death in a number of years. A quick look at the international press and the controversial side of the bull run is highlighted: “maybe its time to stop this dangerous tradition” and “there is no indication that the remainder of the bull runs will be canceled.“

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The man who died was an experienced runner, a veteran of many runs here in Pamplona and all over Spain. While there are always people who do not know what they are getting into by running with the bulls, this man was fully aware of what could happen. It was that tradition that brought him back this year. The response from his encierro companions was touching. On Saturday there was a moment of silence for the man that had passed and then the bull runs continued as planned.

Sunday was marked by the dangerous Miura bulls which have given San Fermin 2009 its longest run with the most tense moments. The bull runs will continue until Tuesday, two more demonstrations of the spectacular and dangerous.

Two bulls, Cappuccino and Ermitaño have “turned around” and separated themselves from the rest of the herd, and these two bulls have accounted for most of the gorings and even the one death this year.

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