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The San Fermin Festival
The San Fermin festival in the city of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the festival is markedby the creation of the pyrotechnic chupinazo , to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the Poor Me. One of the most famous is the closure or bullfight, what happens at 8:00 am from July 7 to July 14,the week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines and is celebrated in honor of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarre.

OriginsThe celebration of the festival comes from the combination of two different medieval events. Commercial secular fairs were held in early summer. As cattle merchants came to town with their animals,eventually bullfighting came to be organized as part of the tradition. Specifically, were first documented in the 14th century. On the other hand the religious ceremonies in honor of the saint arecelebrated on October 10. However, in 1591 they moved to July 7 will take place at the same time as the fair, when the weather is better Pamplona. This is considered as the start of the San Fermin festival.At that a time lasted for two days, but was extended to 10 and now holds up to 14. In the middle Ages the acts included an opening speech, musicians, tournaments, theater, bullfights, dances and evenfireworks.
Chupinazo
Opening the festival is marked by the creation of the pyrotechnic chupinazo. The rocket is launched at 12:00 am on 6 July from a city hall balcony with thousands of peoplecelebrating the event in the Town Hall Square and elsewhere in Pamplona. The chupinazo is officially marked the beginning of the party since 1941. The person who starts is decided by the mayor. However,since 1979 the tradition has been that every year after the municipal elections chupinazo starts by a person from the municipal council different political groups starting with the largest political...