Pamplona braces for running of bulls
By Daniel Silva in Pamplona, Spain | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-07 07:36
Revelers in Pamplona, Spain, hold up traditional red neckties during the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin Festival on Friday. People from around the world gathered in the northern city's main plaza to launch a nine-day fiesta of partying and running ahead of a pack of half-ton charging bulls. Daniel Ochoa De Olza / Associated Press |
Thousands of revelers, many dressed in red and white and already guzzling sangria and beer, packed Pamplona on Friday to launch Spain's famous bull-running fiesta.
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