Entries Tagged as 'The bull fighting'

El Toro

March 10th, 2008 by estafetakoa · 5 comments

Toro. This is the Spanish word for bull. A short and strong word. During San Fermin festival, bull is the King in Pamplona. Although the festival is dedicated to San Fermin, everything goes around the bull. A week before San Fermin bulls arrive in Pamplona from their homelands in Castilla and Andalucia. You may [...]

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What is a Peña?

March 3rd, 2008 by estafetakoa · No comments

If you only have references about San Fermin based on TV or Hemingway’s ‘The sun…’ you may not have noticed one of the main elements in our fiesta: Peñas.
What does that strange word mean? Peñas are a kind of clubs in Pamplona where you may go in, only if you are a member. But during [...]

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