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For over six centuries now, the Spanish have held gala festivals involving bulls, dancing and voluminous consumption of cheap red wine. Pamplona, a small town in the northern part of Spain hosts the wildest and most famous of all these festivals -- La Fiesta De San Fermin (Spanish for 'let's all get really wasted and let the bulls chase us through the streets.') -- which undoubtedly ranks as one of the most exciting and fun-filled weeks anywhere on earth. Today getting chased around the streets of Pamplona by large, angry, tourist-hating bulls is one of Spain's most glorious traditions. The second week of July is dedicated to the Running of the Bulls, which first gained world attention with Hemingway's classic that you were supposed to read freshmen year, The Sun Also Rises. The celebration is dedicated to Pamplona's Saint Fermin who was martyred when bulls dragged him through the streets. Rumor has it that St. Fermin was kind of a booze hound. Nonetheless, he was a real trend-setter because now tens of thousands of people flock to Pamplona each year to be chased through the same streets by bulls, and very few of them (at most recent count: zero) are even granted sainthood for their troubles. The point here is, that if you aspire to sainthood, go hang out with Mother Theresa in Calcutta. If you want to have a great time, go to Pamplona.
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