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, beno beno <mynameisbeno wrote:

> ... " If your words don't startle the crowd, you will fall into the streams of

the commonplace. " --Blue Cliff Record (Ch'an [Zen] Buddhist scripture)...>

 

 

Dear Friend,

 

Just make sure that when and where you *startle*, you do not choose the country

to be SPAIN and right during the BULL-RUN!

 

Rohiniranjan

 

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http://www.spain-info.com/Culture/bullrunning.htm

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" ... Bull Running in Spain

Every year from July 7th-14th thousands pack into Pamplona to start Spain's most

famous bull-running fiesta to honour Navarre capital's patron saint, San Fermin.

Spain stages more than 3,000 fiestas (festivals) each year but the 7 days of

bull-running are the favourite in terms of spectacle and excitement.

 

After the daybreak of July 7th, runners (mainly young men) gather at the bottom

of Santo Domingo, which is the starting line. They crowd together and sing to

the image of San Fermin which is placed in a niche on a wall. The song goes: " A

San Fermín pedimos, por ser nuestro patrón, nos guíe en el encierro dándonos su

bendición " ( " We ask San Fermín, as our Patron, to guide us through the Bull Run

and give us his blessing. " )

 

Then, as a rocket goes off, a number of fighting bulls are let out onto the

streets. A second rocket is then let off to make sure everyone knows the bulls

are loose in the street. The bulls run along the narrow street 825 metres (half

a mile) to a bull ring. The runners dash along in front of the bulls, aiming to

feel the breath of the bull on their backs, getting as close as possible - all

whilst trying to avoid getting gored by their sharp horns.

 

The supposed way to do this is to start off slowly when the bulls are quite a

distance behind. Then as they get nearer start running like hell! You can then

go near them for a short time, as near as you are prepared to risk it, and then

quickly get out of the way. Runners look for a gap in the fence to slip through

or jump over, or a space against the wall of the street.

 

When the bulls finally reach the end of the street, they go into pens and are

kept until later that day they are killed in a bullfight.

 

The tradition is said to have come from practicality when, in 1591 residents

merely had to herd the bulls to the bull-fighting arena. At first only the

drovers were used to lead the bulls. But it seems that at some date, the

butchers guild, who had the responsibility of buying the bulls, began to join in

with the drovers and began to chase behind the bulls and heifers up to the

bull-ring from Santo Domingo street - the starting point of the run ... "

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