No Running Of
The Bulls In San
Ramón This
Weekend
While some
residents of San
Ram ón were
anxious to host
the first
Pamplona style
of running of
the bulls in
Costa Rica,
others weren't
so much, forcing
an action of
constitutionality
and an order of
the Ministerio
de Salud to
ensure public
safety.
 
File fotos of
the Pamplona
running of the
bulls
The running of
the bulls was
scheduled to
start on
Saturday.
However, Friday
morning, the ministra de
Salud, María
Luisa Ávila,
notified the
Festejos San
Ramón 2010 that
the bull run is
off.
The ministra
said her
inspectors found
that the bulls
would be too
close to the
public which
could result in
injury.
Although the
Festejos had co-ordinated
the event with
the Policía de
Tránsito to
close off the
streets and had
erected
barricades to
protect the
public from the
bulls, and the
regulation that
people could run
only alongside
and to the rear,
but not the
front of the
bulls, the event
will not take
place.
The festival of
San Fermin, or
the Pamplona
bull running as
it's more
commonly known
outside Spain is
a tradition that
occurs in July
every year,
where thousands
of people
congregate in
the square
awaiting the
mayor's official
announcement
that the fiestas
have begun, a
rocket is
launched and the
partying begins.
The Pamplona
encierro is the
most popular
running of the
bulls in Spain.
.Injuries are
common to the
participants who
may be gored or
trampled |
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