MADRID (AP) - According to journalist Heckle Harold of the Associated Press, authorities reported a 16 year old teen gored by participating in the fiesta of the running-of-the-bulls. The bulls were said to of made a stampede and ran on the back of the boy. After being transported to the hospital and much attempted surgery, doctors couldn't repair the massive liver damage that was done in the incident.
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| SanFermines, 2009, Pamplona, Spain |
The Running of the Bulls, from Spanish is translated El Encierro (encierrar- to close up, fence in, pen) is a seven-day festival that is a tradition that involves a small heard of bulls that are set free in a section of a villas that
stampede down the street while a group of
people run in front of the bulls.
The origin of Running of the Bulls SanFermines is in honor of Saint Fermin de Pamlona. The tradition was started during the early 14th century in the need to transport cattle and sell them at the market. The rushing of bulls to the marketplace gave an adrenaline. The celebration of the running-of-bulls is practiced in the summer time in Spain, South of France, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Mesquite, and celebrated on the west coast of the U.S. in the San Jose Festival in Trujillo. The bulls in the San Fermines fiesta are also used in the bullring where they would be killed.
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