DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

    The festival of  San Fermín  (or  Sanfermines , in  basque language   Sanferminak ) in the city of  Pamplona ( Navarre ,  Spain ), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the fiesta is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic  chupinazo ,   to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the  Pobre de Mí . While its most famous event is the encierro, or  the running of the bulls , the week-long celebration involves many other traditional and  folkloric  events. It is known locally as  Sanfermines  and is held in honor of  Saint Fermin , the co-patron of Navarre. Its events were central to the plot of  The Sun Also Rises , by Ernest Hemingway , which brought it to the general attention of English-speaking people. It has become probably the most internationally renowned  fiesta  in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to watch this fes...