The festival of San Fermin 2011 Bashny.Net

Each year the festival of San Fermin attracts thousands of tourists in Pamplona, ​​Spain. During the nine days of celebrating the festival held bullfighting, carnival, fireworks and, of course, runs with the bulls. Celebrated since 1591, the San Fermin festival remains popular, but at the same time dangerous and causing a lot of controversy. This year has been injured several people at the festival will last until July 14. At issue are pictures of the first few days of celebrating the festival this year.





Torrestrella ranch fighting bull in the arena during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Chilean Alonso Seardi photo when he was severely wounded bull during a fiesta in 2010, in Pamplona. Seardi almost died when halftone bull horn pierced his chest last year, but it is going to repeat the race with the bulls this year. He gave this picture after the photo shoot. (Reuters / Eloy Alonso)



Tens of thousands of participants of the festival with traditional red scarves in the main square of Pamplona in Spain, at the beginning of the famous festival. (AP Photo / Ivan Aguinaga)



Traditional red scarves, marks the beginning of the fiesta. (Pedro Armestre / AFP / Getty Images)



Participants of the festival in Pamplona. (Denis Doyle / Getty Images)



Festival participants during pouring water from the balconies in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



Festival participants at the official opening of the fiesta. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Youth during Chupinazo in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



The man in the midst of the holiday front of City Hall of Pamplona. (Pedro Armestre / AFP / Getty Images)



The girl tries to drink wine during Chupinazo on July 6th. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Hispanic jumps from a fountain in the crowd in the square Navarreria in Pamplona. (Reuters / Susana Vera)



The wounded young man after jumping from the fountain in Pamplona. A crowd of party people are not caught, and he fell down on the ground, seriously injure. (AP Photo / Ivan Aguinaga)



Man sleeping on the street after the first run with the bulls in Pamplona. (Pedro Armestre / AFP / Getty Images)



Working with a stuffed bull named Bravo carry it into a hotel in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



Kissing couple after the race with the bulls at the San Fermin Festival.



"Cilicia" is trying to reassure a frightened boy during the parade of big-dolls on the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. Enormous puppets accompanied by the orchestra are in the city during the nine-day festival, the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway. (Reuters / Susana Vera)



Participants of the festival running alongside the bulls on the street Relay. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



A tourist takes pictures from the balcony of the race with the bulls in the street Relay in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



The guy fell under the bull during the first race. (Reuters / Eloy Alonso)



Spaniards (and not only) run from the bulls from the ranch Jose Sebada Gago during the second race in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



Photographer preparing camera to the famous street race at Relay. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



Running of the Bulls festival participants in Pamplona July 8. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)



A young man leading a bull horn hooked. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



The police have arrested a man too drunk during the second race of bulls. (Javier Soriano / AFP / Getty Images)



A man tries to escape from a bull, looking up from colleagues. (Denis Doyle / Getty Images)



Participants run with the bulls Sebada Gago. (Javier Soriano / AFP / Getty Images)



Calf jumping into the crowd in Pamplona. (AP Photo / Ivan Aguinaga)



Bull attacked one of the participants of the race. (Reuters / Eloy Alonso)



Helpers matadors waiting for the start of bullfighting. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar is preparing to launch bullfighting. (Reuters / Susana Vera)



Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar in action. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Equestrian bullfighter Pablo Hermosa de Mendoza at a bullfight in Pamplona on July 6th. (Reuters / Joseba Etxaburu)



Spanish bullfighter Jimenez Fortes fell in front of a bull during a bullfight in Pamplona. Fortes was able to roll, thus avoiding the sharp horns of a bull. Novilleros - stage of preparations for the bullfight, when the young matadors perform with young calves. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar during a bullfight. (Reuters / Susana Vera)



Dead bull dragged away from the scene. (Reuters / Joseba Etxaburu)



Speech Spanish matador Arturo Saldivar. (AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



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