2015년 산 페르민 축제: 황소와 함께 달리기 : Running of the Bulls 2015: The Fiesta de San Fermin

ALAN TAYLOR

The annual Fiesta de San Fermin began in Spain this week. The festival, including the famous “Running of the Bulls,” attracts thousands of visitors to Pamplona every year. Lasting nine days, the festival kicks off with massive crowds at the Chupinazo in Pamplona town square, followed by a carnival, fireworks, the running of the bulls, and many bullfights. Held since 1591, San Fermin remains a popular, though dangerous and controversial, event—two Americans and a Briton were gored on Tuesday.

• Revelers crowd together on the opening day, or “Chupinazo,” of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta on July 6, 2015, in Pamplona, Spain. 

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• People hold up their red handkerchiefs during the Chupinazo of the San Fermin fiesta on July 6, 2015, in Pamplona, Spain. 

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• Revelers celebrate during the launch of the Chupinazo rocket, which marks the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin fiesta. 

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• A band plays among the crowd during the opening day of San Fermin on July 6, 2015. 

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• Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the launch of the Chupinazo rocket, at the opening of the 2015 San Fermin festival on July 6, 2015. 

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• A woman throws wine during a party at the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona on July 6, 2015. 

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• A reveler jumps from a fountain toward his friends as they celebrate the opening of San Fermin on July 6, 2015. 

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• People celebrate the opening of the 2015 San Fermin fiesta on July 6, 2015. 

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• Festivalgoers cool off with water poured from a balcony in the Pamplona town square on July 6, 2015. 

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• Revelers enjoy the atmosphere during the Chupinazo of the San Fermin fiesta on July 6, 2015. 

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• A boy is hit with a sponge by a Kiliki during San Fermin festival's “Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos” (Parade of the Giants and Big Heads) in Pamplona on July 8, 2015. “Kilikis” wear oversized masks as they playfully hit bystanders with sponges on sticks, while parading daily through the city accompanied by brass bands. 

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• A flaming false bull known as a “Toro de fuego” runs after revelers during the 2015 San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona on July 6, 2015. 

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• A rocket signaling the beginning of the San Fermin festival is fired between the Spanish and Basque flags in Pamplona on July 6, 2015. 

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• Participants run down Santo Domingo street in front of fighting bulls from the Jandilla ranch during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona on July 7, 2015. 

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• Runners flee ahead of Jandilla ranch fighting bulls during the running of the bulls on July 7, 2015. 

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• El Tajo y La Reina fighting bulls run through revelers at the San Fermin festival on July 8, 2015. 

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• Participants run with Jandilla's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin festival on July 7, 2015. 

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• Revelers run with Jandilla's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 7, 2015 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. 

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• A steer, left, and a Jandilla fighting bull, right, run after festivalgoers in Pamplona on July 7, 2015. 

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• A steer jumps over a fallen runner as two Jandilla fighting bulls follow behind at the Mercaderes curve during the first running of the bulls on July 7, 2015. 

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• A runner falls in front of Tajo y la Reina fighting bulls at the entrance to the bullring during the second running of the bulls on July 8, 2015. 

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• People watch as Jandilla fighting bulls and runners pass below in Pamplona on July 7, 2015. 

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• An injured runner gives a thumbs up as he is attended by medical personnel after being gored by a Jandilla fighting bull at the San Fermin Festival on July 7, 2015. 

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• Spain's rejoneador (bullfighter on horseback) Roberto Armendariz reacts after fighting a bull in the bullring on the first day of the San Fermin festival on July 6, 2015. 

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• A steer jumps over a group of revelers into the bullring in Pamplona on July 8, 2015. 

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• A reveler is tossed by a steer during a celebration held at the bullring after the running of the bulls on July 7, 2015. 

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• A runner is knocked by a steer during the second running of the bulls on July 8, 2015. 

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• A runner flees from a steer in the bullring after the running of the bulls in Pamplona on July 7, 2015. 

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• A steer leaps over revelers into the bull ring after the second running of the bulls on July 8, 2015. 

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• A reveler is tossed by a steer during a celebration held at the bullring at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 7, 2015. 

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• People watch Spanish mounted bullfighter Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza perform during a horseback bullfight in Pamplona on July 6, 2015. 

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• Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla leaves the bullring's chapel before performing at a bullfight at the San Fermin festival on July 7, 2015. 

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• Spanish bullfighter Pepe Moral performs with a Jandilla ranch fighting bull during the San Fermin festival on July 7, 2015. 

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• Revelers enjoy the atmosphere inside Pamplona bullring during a bullfight on the second day of the San Fermin festival on July 7, 2015. #

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