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Running of the Bulls at Pamplona- San Fermin

San Fermin his festival takes place from July 6 to 14 each year. It is a festival that brings the fiesta to every corner of the city of Pamplona. The festival starts by setting off the pyrotechnic Chupinazo from the mayor's balcony. The celebration lasts for 209 hours full of dance and song. The festival is graced with the amazing Bull Run, which takes place every morning at 8 a.m. The run starts from Santo Domingo and goes to the bullring where they will fight that same afternoon. Spectators wall off the bulls so that they cannot escape until they reach the bullring. And on the 14th, the mayor comes out and announces the end of the festival. It is one of those festivals in Spain you should not miss. Semana Santa

Semana Santa This is among the most important festivals in Spain. It is a religious celebration among the Catholics who memorialize and mourn the final days of Christ on Earth and at the same time sympathize with the grief of the Virgin Mary. It is held on the week leading to Easter Sunday. Throughout the entire week, processions consisting of big floats are usually paraded all over the streets. The climax of the celebrations is the procession of Good Friday whereby the floats leave the churches in the middle of the night and they are carried throughout the night to their final destination: the cathedral. Tomatino

Tomatina This festival is held on the last Wednesday of August each year in Bunol, Valencia. The Tomatina is a festival where tons of overripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets for one hour. It is typically a war of ripe tomatoes where people throw ripe tomatoes at each other that leave them red all over with tomato juice. The funniest part is that there are no winners as people just do this for fun and to enjoy themselves. You simply have to grab ripe tomatoes and throw them at anyone running, bending down, standing still, or moving. The rule for this festival is you have to squish the tomatoes before you can throw them at somebody else....