Spain's Running of the Bulls Festival Begins, But Will the Tradition Persist? Shontee Pant - The Christian Science Monitor
go to original July 7, 2015

July 7 marked the first day of “the running of the rulls” at the San Fermin festival in Spanish city of Pamplona, with a total of eleven runners injured. (euronews)

The San Fermin Festival in Spain began on Tuesday, a celebration made famous by the “Running of the bulls” event. As part of the festival, participants run with the “toros” along a narrow 850-meter course into a bull ring, where the animals are then killed in bullfights by professional matadors. A bull run and fight occur each day of the nine-day festival.

However, the persistence of the tradition is uncertain, as support for bullfighting has dwindled in Spain due to economic circumstances and differing perspectives between young and older generations on the custom.

The origins of the festival date to the Middle Ages. The running of the bulls allegedly began as a way to hurry the cattle to the bull pen, in anticipation of the fight. The bull run begins at 8 a.m. each morning of the festival, and is referred to as the “encierro,” which translates to “confinement.” The run itself usually lasts for a few minutes.

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