In Spanish it’s called The Encierro By Ashlee T
Is a practice that involves running in front of a small group of bulls that have been let loose on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets.
The most famous running of the bulls is that of the seven-day festival of Sanfermines in honor of Saint Fermin in Pamplona
The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the bulls from the off-site corrals where they had spent the night, to the bullring where they would be killed in the evening. Youngsters would jump among them to show off their bravado. In Pamplona and other places, the six bulls in the event are still those that will feature in the afternoon bullfight of the same day.
Spanish tradition says the true origin of the run began in northeastern Spain during the early 14th century
The streets are blocked up with barricades to stop the bulls from going down the side streets
And they leave gaps for the people running to fit through but the bulls are blocked
A first rocket is set off at 8 a.m. to alert the runners that the corral gate is open. A second rocket signals that all six bulls have been released. The third and fourth rockets are signals that the entire herd has entered the bullring and its corral respectively, marking the end of the event.
There are normally six bull’s six steers and three oxen the guide the bulls to the ring The running to the ring takes up to four minutes. The running with the bulls takes place on the 7-14 of July
Some of the bulls get injured before even getting to the arena from falling over people and other bulls.