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| San Fermin Running with the Bulls Pamplona Spain |
| The Festival of San Fermin or the Pamplona Bull Run is about as mad a festival as you can get. It starts at midday on July the 6th each year. In short it involves letting a herd of bulls loose in the streets of Pamplona whilst a large group of people try and out run them! |
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| Danza de los Zancos Stilt Dancing La Rioja Spain |
| The rural town of Anguiano celebrates its patron saint day (Mary Magdalene) with a fiesta that for some takes place half a metre off the ground - the Danza de los Zancos or Stilt Dance. Half a dozen or so of the devotees that escort the saint around the town do so whirling and wheeling to the sound of bagpipes and drums, perched on stilts. Twice a year, in honour of Santa María Magdalena, eight villagers strap on 20 inch wooden stilts, pull on garish shirts and leap around the village streets. |
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| Las Nieves Fiesta of Near Death Experiences Pontevedra Spain |
| The Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme is a slightly odd festival that is held in a small Spanish Town near the Border with Portugal. The Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme (Festival of the near death experience) is a celebration for those people who have had a near death experience and lived to tell the tale. |
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