SPAIN: SAN FERMIN FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY OPENS IN PAMPLONA WITH THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS EAGERLY AWAITING THE ANNUAL "RUNNING OF THE BULLS"

Record ID: 647980

  • Title: SPAIN: SAN FERMIN FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY OPENS IN PAMPLONA WITH THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS EAGERLY AWAITING THE ANNUAL "RUNNING OF THE BULLS"
  • Date: 6th July 2003
  • Summary: (W5) PAMPLONA, SPAIN (JULY 6, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF CROWD IN STREET (3 SHOTS) 0.12 2. SV: PEOPLE WATCH FROM BALCONY 0.16 3. SV/WS/PAN DOWN/HAS: CROWD/ROCKET FIRED (4 SHOTS) 0.39 4. SV: PEOPLE IN STREET 0.44 5. WS: PEOPLE ON BALCONY 0.48 6. VARIOUS OF CROWD SHOUTING AND DRINKING (7 SHOTS) 1.29 7. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) JIM DORRANDE, AT LEFT, SAYS: "I am scared of it yeah and pretty much cos we're here, you know you don't come out here for the party and booze, you come to chase the bulls and watch them chase you too" (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREW WALKER, AT RIGHT, SAYS: "When in Spain...Yeah we're scared, very scared, but we're going to do it anyway" (SOUNDBITE) (English) JIM DORRANDE SAYS: "I mean, right in front of them, a thing that weighs a lot more than you -- has horns too -- is so very scary. But I mean you have shoes on and you can jump out of the way if it really came down to it" 2.04 8. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLAF JORNKEREN SAYS: "I am going to run with somebody that has experience. I am not that crazy guy that is drunk, is going to run a lot of race -- no, that's not (me). But I'm really looking forward to it; I'm really looking forward to it" 2.20 9. SV: MAN DRINKING 2.24 10. SV'S: WORKERS CLEARING RUBBISH FROM STREET / WINE CORKS (3 SHOTS) 2.38 11. VARIOUS OF STREET CAFE (3 SHOTS) 2.49 12. SV'S: WOMEN WITH CHILDREN (2 SHOTS) 3.00 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MANOLO MANZANARES SPEAKS; MAN BEHIND HIM POINTS AND WAVES 3.16 14. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYS: "No, I don't think I wil run with them. I will spectate but I don't think I'll run, no" (Question: Why? Are you scared?) "Yeah, I'm scared " (Question: And do you recommend this party?) "Oh definitely, definitely. I would recommend Spain 'big time'. It's a great party atmosphere; it's fantastic. So yeah, I love it, it's very nice" 3.38 15. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN STREETS (2 SHOTS) 3.47 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2003 13:00
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  • Location: PAMPLONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Reuters ID: LVA8HBREB0UOC3PL6P31H6R1BKER
  • Story Text: The San Fermin festival has officially opened in
    Pamplona with thousands of tourists from around the world
    eagerly anticipating the annual 'running of the bulls'.


    The festival began on Sunday (July 6) but the first
    bulls will not be released into the old area of the Spanish
    city until Monday. That's when hundreds of people will try to
    race in front of the bulls along the 825 metre (2,707 ft)
    course to the bullring.

    Runners are often injured by bulls and 13 have been killed
    since 1900.

    The run takes the bulls from corrals to the bullring,
    where later in the day they are fought. The festival was made
    famous by Ernest Hemingway in his 1920s novel 'The Sun also
    Rises'.

    Visitor Jim Dorrande said he was scared about running with
    the bulls, but that's what he was there for.

    "You come to chase the bulls and watch them chase you
    too," he said.

    His friend Andrew Walker said: "Yeah we're scared, very
    scared, but we're going to do it anyway."
    Another visitor, Olaf Jornkeren, was taking what he
    thought was a more sensible approach.

    "I am going to run with somebody that has experience. I am
    not that crazy guy that is drunk, is going to run a lot of
    race -- no, that's not (me). But I'm really looking forward to
    it; I'm really looking forward to it," he said.

    Another tourist said he was too scared to run, but he
    could thoroughly recommend the place.

    "I would recommend Spain 'big time'. It's a great party
    atmosphere; it's fantastic. So yeah, I love it, it's very
    nice," he said.


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