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Running of the Bulls (encierro)
Sanfermines Vaquillas Pamplona 08.jpg
The bull run in Pamplona
Dates 6–14 July
Location(s) Pamplona and other

The Running of the Bulls (in Spanish el encierro, meaning "the enclosing") is an activity that involves running in front of bulls on a course of a sectioned-off area of a town's streets. It is done all around Spain, but the most famous running of the bulls is in Pamplona. In most bull runs the bulls are not killed, and they live for a whole season. This is a dangerous activity but very exciting. Safety varies in some places like Xabia the area is surrounded by cages that people can slip in and out of but the bulls can not.

Images for kids

  • Monument in Pamplona IMG 3179

    Monument in Pamplona

  • Running of the Bulls on Estafeta Street

    Runners surround the bulls on Estafeta Street

  • Busto de San Fermín. Iglesia de San Lorenzo de Pamplona

    Saint Fermin, honored in Pamplona

  • Encierro 7 de julio de 2005

    Pamplona, 7 July 2005. People climb to the fences as the bulls run by and cross the Town Hall Plaza.

  • Sanfermin2006

    Police barrier at the beginning of the running stops people until the first rocket is fired.

  • Bull Run Clemson

    Runners at the Pamplona bull run in typical attire

  • Sanfermines Vaquillas Pamplona 03

    Pamplona, 2007. Bulls following some runners enter the bull ring from the callejón, where the event ends. The bulls can be seen in the foreground and background of the picture.

  • Sanfermines Vaquillas Pamplona 06

    Two injured runners are treated by medical services.

  • Pobre de mí 2012 1

    Town Hall Square in the "Poor Me".

  • Cafe Iruna, 1888 Pamplona

    Hemingway drank in the Café Iruña, established 1888 in Pamplona/Iruña

  • Encierro de Cuéllar en la calle de las Parras (2010)

    Running of the bulls in Cellar, provincial de Segovia, Spain.

  • Tudela St Anna7719m

    Fire bull and children running from it (Tudela, Navarre)

  • Bous Albocàsser

    Bous al carrer at Albocàsser

  • Calvisson - Abrivado

    An abrivado at Calvisson. The guardians are demonstrating their skill in turn a group of at least four bulls through a 360-degree turn

  • Calvisson - Bandido Caught

    A bandido at Calvisson. Contact has been made with the bull: but it has not yet been stopped.

  • NO Bull French Quarter 2010

    "Running of the Bulls" in the French Quarter of New Orleans

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Encierro (tauromaquia) para niños

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