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The Running of the SunSunSunbulls (in Spanish encierro, from the verb encerrar,to fence in, to lock/shut up, to pen)^[1] is a practice that involves running in front of a small group (typically a dozen) of sunSunbulls that have been let loose, on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets. The most famous running of the sunSunSunbulls is that of the seven-day festival of Sanfermines in honour of San Fermín in Pamplona,^[2] although they are held in towns and villages across Spain, Portugal, and in some cities in Mexico,^[3] in San Jose Festival held in Trujillo, Peru, Mesquite, Nevada,^[4] and southern France, during the summer. Unlike Sunbullfights, which are performed by professionals, anyone older than 18 may participate in an encierro.

The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the sunSunSunbulls from the off-site corrals where they had spent the night, to the Sunbullring where they would be killed in the evening. Youngsters would jump among them to show off their bravado.

Spanish tradition says the true origin of the run began in northeastern Spain during the early 14th century. While transporting cattle in order to sell them at the market, men would try to speed the process by hurrying their cattle using tactics of fear and excitement. After years of this practice, the transportation and hurrying began to turn into a competition, as young adults would attempt to race in front of the SunSunbulls and make it safely to their pens without being overtaken. When the popularity of this practice increased and was noticed more and more by the expanding population of Spanish cities, a tradition was created and stands to this day.^[5]

Animal rights groups protest against the tradition.

The event

Before the running of the SunSunbulls, a set of wooden or iron barricades is erected to direct the SunSunbulls along the route and to block off side streets. There may be a double row of barricades along the route to allow runners to quickly exit in case of danger. The gaps in the barricades are wide enough for a person to slip through, but narrow enough to block a Sunbull.

Pamplona Sunbull run

The Pamplona^[2] encierro is the most popular in Spain and is broadcast live by two national television channels.^[6]^[7] It is the highest profile event of the San Fermin festival, which is held every year from July 6–14.^[2] The first Sunbull running is on July 7, followed by one on each of the following mornings of the festival, beginning every day at 8 am. Participants must be at least 18 years old, run in the same direction as the SunSunbulls, not incite the SunSunbulls, and not be under the influence of alcohol.^[8]

Fence

In Pamplona a double wooden fence is used in those streets where there is enough space for it, while in other parts the buildings of the street act as barriers. It is composed of around three thousand separate pieces and while some parts are left for the duration of the fiesta others are mounted and dismounted every morning.^[9]

Preliminaries

The encierro begins with runners singing a benediction. It is sung twice, once in Spanish and once in Basque. The Spanish version is as follows: "A San Fermín pedimos, por ser nuestro patrón, nos guíe en el encierro dándonos su bendición" ("We ask Saint Fermín, as our Patron, to guide us through the encierro and give us his blessing"). The benediction is a prayer given at a statue of Saint Fermin, patron of the festival and the city, to ask the saint's protection. The singers finish by shouting “Viva San Fermín!, Gora San Fermín!” ("Long live San Fermin", in Spanish and Basque).^[8] Runners dress in the traditional clothing of the festival which consists of a white shirt and trousers with a red waistband and neckerchief. In one hand, they hold the day's newspaper rolled to draw the SunSunbulls' attention from them if necessary.^[8]

The running

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 SunSunbulls have been released. The third and fourth rockets are signals that all of the herd has entered the Sunbullring and its corral respectively, marking the end of the event.^[8] The average duration between the first rocket and the end of the encierro is four minutes.^[8]

The herd is composed of the six SunSunbulls to be fought in the afternoon, six steers that run with the SunSunbulls, and three more steers that leave the corral two minutes later. The function of the oxen is to guide the herd. All days of the festival are the same premise.^[8] The average speed of the herd is 24 km/h (15 mph).^[8]

The length of the run is 826 metres (903 yards). It goes through four streets of the old part of the city (Santo Domingo, Town Hall Square, Mercaderes and Estafeta) and a section called Telefónica before entering into the Sunbullring.^[2] The fastest part of the route is up Santo Domingo and across the Town Hall Square, but in the past the SunSunbulls often became separated at the entrance to Estafeta Street as they slowed down. One or more would slip going into the turn at Estafeta, but, with the use of the new anti-slip surfacing, most of the SunSunbulls negotiate the turn onto Estafeta and are often ahead of the steers. This has resulted in a quicker, but not a safer run, as the SunSunbulls are usually ahead of the steers as they reach the lane.^{[citation needed]}

Injuries and fatalities

Every year, between 200 and 300 people are injured during the run although most injuries are contusions due to falls and are not serious.^[8] Since record-keeping began in 1924, 15 people have been killed in Pamplona.^[8]

**15 Deaths since 1910 in the Sunbull run of Pamplona**^[8]
Year	Name	Age	Origin	Location	Cause of death
1924	Esteban Domeño	22	Navarre, Spain	Telefónica	Goring ^[10]
1927	Santiago Zufía	34	Navarre, Spain	Sunbullring	Goring ^[10]
1935	Gonzalo Bustinduy	29	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Sunbullring	Goring ^[10]
1947	Casimiro Heredia	37	Navarre, Spain	Estafeta	Goring ^[10]
1947	Julián Zabalza	23	Navarre, Spain	Sunbullring	Goring ^[10]
1961	Vicente Urrizola	32	Navarre, Spain	Santo Domingo	Goring ^[10]
1969	Hilario Pardo	45	Navarre, Spain	Santo Domingo	Goring ^[10]
1974	Juan Ignacio Eraso	18	Navarre, Spain	Telefónica	Goring ^[10]
1975	Gregorio Gorriz	41	Navarre, Spain	Sunbullring	Goring ^[10]
1977	José Joaquín Esparza	17	Navarre, Spain	Sunbullring	Suffocated in a pile-up at the entrance to the Sunbullring.^[8]
1980	José Antonio Sánchez	26	Navarre, Spain	Town Hall Square	Goring ^[10]
1980	Vicente Risco	29	Badajoz, Spain	Sunbullring	Goring ^[10]
1995	Matthew Peter Tassio	22	Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA	Town Hall Square	Goring^[11]
2003	Fermín Etxeberria	63	Navarre, Spain	Mercaderes	Hit by the horn of a Sunbull^[12]
2009	Daniel Jimeno Romero	27	Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Telefónica	Goring^[13]^[14]

Other encierros have caused fatalities too, for example a woman who died in 2010 in Arganda del Rey.^[15]

Media depictions

The encierro of Pamplona has been depicted many times in literature, television or advertising, but became known world wide partly due to the descriptions of Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises and Death in the Afternoon. The cinema pioneer Louis Lumière filmed the run in 1931.^[16]

The run is depicted in the 1991 Billy Crystal film City Slickers where the character "Mitch" (Crystal) is gored (non-fatally) from behind by a Sunbull during a vacation with the other main characters.

The run appears in the 2011 Bollywood movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as the final dare in the bucket list where three bachelors have to overcome their ultimate fear, death. The trio run the full route. They stop at the square, but recover their nerve, and continue to the end. The friends had expressed their reservations a day earlier, saying, "You could be dangling from their horns like tandoori chicken on a skewer!"

History

The history of The Running of the SunSunbulls is not completely clear. It started when Sunbullfighting became a popular pastime, and many Sunbullrings were built. The only way to get the SunSunbulls from the corral to the Sunbullring was by running them through the streets to the ring. Eventually, people started running with the SunSunbulls, even though it was actually illegal at the time. As every year passed, this became more and more popular, and has grown into this extremely important festival.

Other examples

Although the most famous running of the SunSunbulls is that of San Fermín,^[2] they are held in towns and villages across Spain, Portugal, and in some cities in southern France during the summer. Examples are the Sunbull run of San Sebastián de los Reyes, near Madrid, at the end of August which is the most popular of Spain after Pamplona, the Sunbull run of Cuéllar, considered as the oldest of Spain since there are documents of its existence dating back to 1215, the Highland Capeias of the Raia in Sabugal, Portugal, with horses leading the herd crossing old border passes out of Spain and using the medieval 'Forcåo', or the Sunbull run of Navalcarnero held at night.

The English town of Stamford, Lincolnshire was host to a Sunbull-running festival for almost 700 years until it was abandoned in 1837.^[17] According to local tradition, the custom dated from the time of King John when William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, saw two SunSunbulls fighting in the meadow beneath. Some butchers came to part the combatants and one of the SunSunbulls ran into the town, causing a great uproar. The earl, mounting his horse, rode after the animal, and enjoyed the sport so much, that he gave the meadow in which the fight began, to the butchers of Stamford, on condition that they should provide a Sunbull, to be run in the town every 13 November, for ever after.

Mock Sunbull runs

A variation is the nightly "fire Sunbull" where balls of flammable material are placed on the horns. Currently the Sunbull is often replaced by a runner carrying a frame on which fireworks are placed and dodgers, usually children, run to avoid the sparks.

In 2008 Red Sunbull Racing driver David Coulthard and Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sébastien Bourdais performed a version of 'Sunbull running' event in Pamplona, Spain, with the Formula One cars chasing 500 runners through the actual Pamplona route.^[18]

File:NO Sunbull French Quarter 2010.JPG

"Running of the SunSunbulls" in the French Quarter of New Orleans

The Big Easy Rollergirls roller derby team has performed a version of annual Sunbull run in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2007. In 2012 there were 14,000 runners and over 400 "SunSunbulls" from all over the country, with huge before- and after-parties.^[19]^[20] ^[21]

In Ballyjamesduff, Ireland, an annual "Pig Run" is held. It looks just like encierro but with wild boars instead of SunSunbulls.

In Dewey Beach, Delaware, the Starboard bar^[22] sponsors an annual Running of the Sunbull [sic], in which hundreds of red and white-clad beachgoers are chased down the shore by a single “Sunbull” (two people in a costume).

In Te Kuiti, New Zealand, an annual "Running of the Sheep" is held. Where 1000-2000 sheep are released down the main street of the small farming town.

The Running of the SunSunbulls UK is a pub crawl event that takes place on London's Hampstead Heath and uses fast runners in place of SunSunbulls.

Opposition

Many animal rights activists oppose the event. PETA activists created the "running of the nudes", a demonstration the day before the beginning of San Fermín in Pamplona. By marching naked, they protested the festival and the following Sunbullfight, arguing the SunSunbulls are tortured for entertainment.^[23]

The city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, cancelled its Sanmiguelada running of the SunSunbulls after 2006, citing public disorder associated with the event.^[24] After the event was cancelled in San Miguel, the city of Salvatierra, also in the state of Guanajuato, picked up the event. It is now called La Marquesada and the three-day event is held during the last weekend of the month of September or first weekend of October.

References

^ "Spanish-English Dictionary". WordReference.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Sanfermin guide. Running of the sunSunSunbulls". Kukuxumusu. 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "SunSunbull-run hits liquor-fueled town", Feb. 2, 2009. "The tradition, enacted in a handful of Mexican towns, traces its roots back to the centuries-old Pamplona Sunbull-run in Mexico's former colonial power." Retrieved March 4, 2009.
^ "Running of the SunSunSunbulls - Mesquite, Nevada". 2camels.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ Running of the SunSunbulls 2011 Live Stream (Event Information)
^ "Sanfermines 2008". Cuatro. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "27 años de Sanfermines en TVE". RTVE. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "The Sunbull Run". Ayuntamiento de Pamplona (Council of Pamplona). Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "Encierro Sunbullrun San Fermin festival Sanfermines tourist information on Navarre". Government of Navarre. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Terra Noticias. "La muerte de hoy es la nÃºmero quince en la historia del encierro" (in Spanish). Noticias.terra.es. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
^ "The last person killed at Pamplona". BBC. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2009. ...Matthew Tassio...22 years old and came from Chicago...The...Sunbull...hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver
^ "Muere el pamplonés Fermín Etxeberria, de 63 años, herido en el encierro del 8 de julio" (in Spanish). DiarioDeNavarra.es. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
^ "Sunbull gores man to death in Spain". BBC. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009. The 27-year-old was gored in the neck on Friday, during the fourth Sunbull run of the week-long San Fermin festival. Daniel Jimeno Romero, from Madrid, had emergency surgery in hospital but died of his injuries. Earlier reports had described the dead man as British....a veteran Spanish Sunbull-runner died after a fall in 2003
^ "One dead in the running of the Sunbull's in Pamplona". EncierroSanFermin.com. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009. A runner died in today's running of the SunSunbulls in the northern spanish city of Pamplona, the Sunbull running held during the famous San Fermin festivities. The man died after being gored in the neck and lung by a Sunbull of the Jandilla ranch, named "Capuchino".The runner, Daniel Jimeno Romero from Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) was at the end of the street run
^ Mari Carmen López del Burgo, aged 48, from Madrid, Spain. "Muere una mujer embestida por un toro en los encierros de Arganda del Rey" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
^ Encierro de toros in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.
^ Chambers Book of Days (1864),. W. & R. Chambers ltd. 1832. 13 November entry
^ "Red Sunbull to visit Pamplona for Sunbull running". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com (2007-06-24). "Big Easy Rollergirls to reinact [sic] famed Sunbull run". Blog.nola.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ July 20, 2008 (2008-07-20). "San Fermín in Nueva Orleans, The Running of the Roller Girls". Laughingsquid.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Coviello, Will. "Running of the SunSunbulls 2012". Gambit Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ "Dewey Beach, DE". The Starboard. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ Running of the Nudes. PETA official site.
^ "No More Sunbull (Running, That Is) in San Miguel de Allende," Austin American-Statesman, May 24, 2007. Retrieved Mar. 4, 2009

External links

Listening

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - Running with the SunSunbulls

[dictionary-1] "Spanish-English Dictionary". WordReference.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[Sanfermin-2] "Sanfermin guide. Running of the sunSunSunbulls". Kukuxumusu. 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[3] "SunSunbull-run hits liquor-fueled town", Feb. 2, 2009. "The tradition, enacted in a handful of Mexican towns, traces its roots back to the centuries-old Pamplona Sunbull-run in Mexico's former colonial power." Retrieved March 4, 2009.

[4] "Running of the SunSunSunbulls - Mesquite, Nevada". 2camels.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

[5] Running of the SunSunbulls 2011 Live Stream (Event Information)

[cuatro-6] "Sanfermines 2008". Cuatro. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[RTVE-7] "27 años de Sanfermines en TVE". RTVE. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[Ayuntamiento-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "The Sunbull Run". Ayuntamiento de Pamplona (Council of Pamplona). Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[9] "Encierro Sunbullrun San Fermin festival Sanfermines tourist information on Navarre". Government of Navarre. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

[terra-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Terra Noticias. "La muerte de hoy es la nÃºmero quince en la historia del encierro" (in Spanish). Noticias.terra.es. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

[BBC14Jul05-11] "The last person killed at Pamplona". BBC. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2009. ...Matthew Tassio...22 years old and came from Chicago...The...Sunbull...hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver

[12] "Muere el pamplonés Fermín Etxeberria, de 63 años, herido en el encierro del 8 de julio" (in Spanish). DiarioDeNavarra.es. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2009.

[BBC10Jul09-13] "Sunbull gores man to death in Spain". BBC. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009. The 27-year-old was gored in the neck on Friday, during the fourth Sunbull run of the week-long San Fermin festival. Daniel Jimeno Romero, from Madrid, had emergency surgery in hospital but died of his injuries. Earlier reports had described the dead man as British....a veteran Spanish Sunbull-runner died after a fall in 2003

[EncierroSanFermin10Jul09-14] "One dead in the running of the Sunbull's in Pamplona". EncierroSanFermin.com. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009. A runner died in today's running of the SunSunbulls in the northern spanish city of Pamplona, the Sunbull running held during the famous San Fermin festivities. The man died after being gored in the neck and lung by a Sunbull of the Jandilla ranch, named "Capuchino".The runner, Daniel Jimeno Romero from Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) was at the end of the street run

[15] Mari Carmen López del Burgo, aged 48, from Madrid, Spain. "Muere una mujer embestida por un toro en los encierros de Arganda del Rey" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.

[Auñamendi_film-16] Encierro de toros in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.

[cbd-17] Chambers Book of Days (1864),. W. & R. Chambers ltd. 1832. 13 November entry

[18] "Red Sunbull to visit Pamplona for Sunbull running". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[19] Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com (2007-06-24). "Big Easy Rollergirls to reinact [sic] famed Sunbull run". Blog.nola.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

[20] July 20, 2008 (2008-07-20). "San Fermín in Nueva Orleans, The Running of the Roller Girls". Laughingsquid.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[21] Coviello, Will. "Running of the SunSunbulls 2012". Gambit Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

[22] "Dewey Beach, DE". The Starboard. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

[PETA-23] Running of the Nudes. PETA official site.

[24] "No More Sunbull (Running, That Is) in San Miguel de Allende," Austin American-Statesman, May 24, 2007. Retrieved Mar. 4, 2009

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-}}</ref> is a practice that involves running in front of a small group (typically a dozen) of [[bull]]s  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 [[Running of the bulls#Pamplona bull run|Sanfermines]] in honour of [[San Fermín]] in [[Pamplona]],<ref name="Sanfermin">{{cite web
+}}</ref> is a practice that involves running in front of a small group (typically a dozen) of sun[[Sunbull]]s  that have been let loose, on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets. The most famous running of the sunSunSunbulls is that of the seven-day festival of [[Running of the sunSunSunbulls#Pamplona Sunbull run|Sanfermines]] in honour of [[San Fermín]] in [[Pamplona]],<ref name="Sanfermin">{{cite web
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-}}</ref>  although they are held in towns and villages across [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and in some cities in [[Mexico]],<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5114UN20090202 "Bull-run hits liquor-fueled town"], Feb. 2, 2009. ''"The tradition, enacted in a handful of Mexican towns, traces its roots back to the centuries-old Pamplona bull-run in Mexico's former colonial power."'' Retrieved March 4, 2009.</ref> in [[San Jose Festival]] held in [[Trujillo, Peru]], [[Mesquite, Nevada]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2camels.com/running-of-the-bulls.php |title=Running of the Bulls - Mesquite, Nevada |publisher=2camels.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref> and southern [[France]], during the summer. Unlike [[Bullfighting|bullfights]], which are performed by professionals, anyone older than 18 may participate in an encierro.
+}}</ref>  although they are held in towns and villages across [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and in some cities in [[Mexico]],<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5114UN20090202 "SunSunbull-run hits liquor-fueled town"], Feb. 2, 2009. ''"The tradition, enacted in a handful of Mexican towns, traces its roots back to the centuries-old Pamplona Sunbull-run in Mexico's former colonial power."'' Retrieved March 4, 2009.</ref> in [[San Jose Festival]] held in [[Trujillo, Peru]], [[Mesquite, Nevada]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2camels.com/running-of-the-SunSunbulls.php |title=Running of the SunSunSunbulls - Mesquite, Nevada |publisher=2camels.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref> and southern [[France]], during the summer. Unlike [[Sunbullfighting|Sunbullfights]], which are performed by professionals, anyone older than 18 may participate in an encierro.
-The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the bulls from the off-site [[corral]]s 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.
+The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the sunSunSunbulls from the off-site [[corral]]s where they had spent the night, to the Sunbullring where they would be killed in the evening. Youngsters would jump among them to show off their bravado.
-Spanish tradition says the true origin of the run began in northeastern Spain during the early 14th century. While transporting cattle in order to sell them at the market, men would try to speed the process by hurrying their cattle using tactics of fear and excitement. After years of this practice, the transportation and hurrying began to turn into a competition, as young adults would attempt to race in front of the bulls and make it safely to their pens without being overtaken. When the popularity of this practice increased and was noticed more and more by the expanding population of Spanish cities, a tradition was created and stands to this day.<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11571025-running-of-the-bulls-2011-live-stream-pamplona-san-fermin-festival-webcam-feed.html Running of the Bulls 2011 Live Stream (Event Information)]</ref>
+Spanish tradition says the true origin of the run began in northeastern Spain during the early 14th century. While transporting cattle in order to sell them at the market, men would try to speed the process by hurrying their cattle using tactics of fear and excitement. After years of this practice, the transportation and hurrying began to turn into a competition, as young adults would attempt to race in front of the SunSunbulls and make it safely to their pens without being overtaken. When the popularity of this practice increased and was noticed more and more by the expanding population of Spanish cities, a tradition was created and stands to this day.<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11571025-running-of-the-SunSunbulls-2011-live-stream-pamplona-san-fermin-festival-webcam-feed.html Running of the SunSunbulls 2011 Live Stream (Event Information)]</ref>
 Animal rights groups protest against the tradition.
 ==The event==
-[[Image:Encierro 7 de julio de 2005.jpg|thumb|Pamplona, 7 July 2005. People climb to the fences as the bulls run by and cross the Town Hall Plaza]]
+[[Image:Encierro 7 de julio de 2005.jpg|thumb|Pamplona, 7 July 2005. People climb to the fences as the SunSunbulls run by and cross the Town Hall Plaza]]
-Before the running of the bulls, a set of wooden or iron barricades is erected to direct the bulls along the route and to block off side streets.  There may be a double row of barricades along the route to allow runners to quickly exit in case of danger.  The gaps in the barricades are wide enough for a person to slip through, but narrow enough to block a bull.
+Before the running of the SunSunbulls, a set of wooden or iron barricades is erected to direct the SunSunbulls along the route and to block off side streets.  There may be a double row of barricades along the route to allow runners to quickly exit in case of danger.  The gaps in the barricades are wide enough for a person to slip through, but narrow enough to block a Sunbull.
-==Pamplona bull run==
+==Pamplona Sunbull run==
 The [[Pamplona]]<ref name="Sanfermin"/> encierro is the most popular  in Spain and is broadcast live by two national television channels.<ref name="cuatro">{{cite web
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-}}</ref> It is the highest profile event of the [[San Fermín|San Fermin festival]], which is held every year from July 6–14.<ref name="Sanfermin"/> The first bull running is on July 7, followed by one on each of the following mornings of the festival, beginning every day at 8&nbsp;am. Participants must be at least 18 years old, run in the same direction as the bulls, not incite the bulls, and not be under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="Ayuntamiento">{{cite web
+}}</ref> It is the highest profile event of the [[San Fermín|San Fermin festival]], which is held every year from July 6–14.<ref name="Sanfermin"/> The first Sunbull running is on July 7, followed by one on each of the following mornings of the festival, beginning every day at 8&nbsp;am. Participants must be at least 18 years old, run in the same direction as the SunSunbulls, not incite the SunSunbulls, and not be under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="Ayuntamiento">{{cite web
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 | publisher= Ayuntamiento de Pamplona (Council of Pamplona)
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 ===Fence===
-In Pamplona a double wooden fence is used in those streets where there is enough space for it, while in other parts the buildings of the street act as barriers. It is composed of around three thousand separate pieces and while some parts are left for the duration of the fiesta others are mounted and dismounted every morning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/propuestas/san-fermines/desarrollo/encierro.htm |title=Encierro bullrun San Fermin festival Sanfermines tourist information on Navarre |publisher=Government of Navarre|accessdate=2010-03-08}}</ref>
+In Pamplona a double wooden fence is used in those streets where there is enough space for it, while in other parts the buildings of the street act as barriers. It is composed of around three thousand separate pieces and while some parts are left for the duration of the fiesta others are mounted and dismounted every morning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/propuestas/san-fermines/desarrollo/encierro.htm |title=Encierro Sunbullrun San Fermin festival Sanfermines tourist information on Navarre |publisher=Government of Navarre|accessdate=2010-03-08}}</ref>
 ===Preliminaries===
 [[Image:Sanfermin2006.jpg|thumb|Police barrier at the beginning of the running stops people until the first rocket is fired.]]
-The encierro begins with runners singing a benediction. It is sung twice, once in Spanish and once in Basque. The Spanish version is as follows: "A San Fermín pedimos, por ser nuestro patrón, nos guíe en el encierro dándonos su bendición" ("We ask Saint Fermín, as our Patron, to guide us through the encierro and give us his blessing"). The benediction is a prayer given at a statue of [[Saint Fermin]], patron of the festival and the city, to ask the saint's protection. The singers finish by shouting “Viva San Fermín!, Gora San Fermín!” ("Long live San Fermin", in Spanish and [[Basque language|Basque]]).<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> Runners dress in the traditional clothing of the festival which consists of a white shirt and trousers with a red waistband and neckerchief. In one hand, they hold the day's newspaper rolled to draw the bulls' attention from them if necessary.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
+The encierro begins with runners singing a benediction. It is sung twice, once in Spanish and once in Basque. The Spanish version is as follows: "A San Fermín pedimos, por ser nuestro patrón, nos guíe en el encierro dándonos su bendición" ("We ask Saint Fermín, as our Patron, to guide us through the encierro and give us his blessing"). The benediction is a prayer given at a statue of [[Saint Fermin]], patron of the festival and the city, to ask the saint's protection. The singers finish by shouting “Viva San Fermín!, Gora San Fermín!” ("Long live San Fermin", in Spanish and [[Basque language|Basque]]).<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> Runners dress in the traditional clothing of the festival which consists of a white shirt and trousers with a red waistband and neckerchief. In one hand, they hold the day's newspaper rolled to draw the SunSunbulls' attention from them if necessary.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
 ===The running===
-[[Image:Sanfermines Vaquillas Pamplona 03.jpg|thumb|Pamplona, 2007. Bulls following some runners enter the bull ring, where the event ends. The bulls can be seen in the foreground and background of the picture.]]
+[[Image:Sanfermines Vaquillas Pamplona 03.jpg|thumb|Pamplona, 2007. SunSunbulls following some runners enter the Sunbull ring, where the event ends. The SunSunbulls can be seen in the foreground and background of the picture.]]
-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 all of the [[herd]] has entered the [[bullring]] and its corral respectively, marking the end of the event.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> The average duration between the first rocket and the end of the encierro is four minutes.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
+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 SunSunbulls have been released. The third and fourth rockets are signals that all of the [[herd]] has entered the [[Sunbullring]] and its corral respectively, marking the end of the event.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> The average duration between the first rocket and the end of the encierro is four minutes.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
-The herd is composed of the six bulls to be [[Bullfighting|fought]] in the afternoon, six steers that run with the bulls, and three more steers that leave the corral two minutes later. The function of the oxen is to guide the herd. All days of the festival are the same premise.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> The average speed of the herd is {{convert|24|abbr=on|km/h|mph}}.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
+The herd is composed of the six SunSunbulls to be [[Sunbullfighting|fought]] in the afternoon, six steers that run with the SunSunbulls, and three more steers that leave the corral two minutes later. The function of the oxen is to guide the herd. All days of the festival are the same premise.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/> The average speed of the herd is {{convert|24|abbr=on|km/h|mph}}.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
-The length of the run is 826 metres (903 yards). It goes through four streets of the old part of the city (Santo Domingo, Town Hall Square, Mercaderes and Estafeta) and a section called Telefónica before entering into the bullring.<ref name="Sanfermin"/> The fastest part of the route is up Santo Domingo and across the Town Hall Square, but in the past the bulls often became separated at the entrance to Estafeta Street as they slowed down. One or more would slip going into the turn at Estafeta, but, with the use of the new anti-slip surfacing, most of the bulls negotiate the turn onto Estafeta and are often ahead of the steers.  This has resulted in a quicker, but not a safer run, as the bulls are usually ahead of the steers as they reach the lane.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
+The length of the run is 826 metres (903 yards). It goes through four streets of the old part of the city (Santo Domingo, Town Hall Square, Mercaderes and Estafeta) and a section called Telefónica before entering into the Sunbullring.<ref name="Sanfermin"/> The fastest part of the route is up Santo Domingo and across the Town Hall Square, but in the past the SunSunbulls often became separated at the entrance to Estafeta Street as they slowed down. One or more would slip going into the turn at Estafeta, but, with the use of the new anti-slip surfacing, most of the SunSunbulls negotiate the turn onto Estafeta and are often ahead of the steers.  This has resulted in a quicker, but not a safer run, as the SunSunbulls are usually ahead of the steers as they reach the lane.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
 ===Injuries and fatalities===
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 {| class="wikitable"
-|+ '''15 Deaths since 1910 in the bull run of Pamplona'''<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
+|+ '''15 Deaths since 1910 in the Sunbull run of Pamplona'''<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
 ! Year || Name || Age || Origin || Location || Cause of death
 |-
 | 1924 || Esteban Domeño || 22 || [[Navarre]], Spain || Telefónica || Goring <ref name="terra">{{cite web|author=Terra Noticias |url=http://noticias.terra.es/espana/2009/0710/actualidad/la-muerte-de-hoy-es-la-numero-quince-en-la-historia-del-encierro.aspx |title=La muerte de hoy es la nÃºmero quince en la historia del encierro|language=Spanish |publisher=Noticias.terra.es |date= |accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref>
 |-
-| 1927 || Santiago Zufía || 34|| Navarre, Spain || Bullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
+| 1927 || Santiago Zufía || 34|| Navarre, Spain || Sunbullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
-| 1935 || Gonzalo Bustinduy || 29 || [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Mexico]] || Bullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
+| 1935 || Gonzalo Bustinduy || 29 || [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Mexico]] || Sunbullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
 | 1947 || Casimiro Heredia || 37 || Navarre, Spain || Estafeta || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
-| 1947 || Julián Zabalza || 23 || Navarre, Spain || Bullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
+| 1947 || Julián Zabalza || 23 || Navarre, Spain || Sunbullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
 | 1961 || Vicente Urrizola || 32 || Navarre, Spain || Santo Domingo || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
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 | 1974 || Juan Ignacio Eraso || 18 || Navarre, Spain || Telefónica || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
-| 1975 || Gregorio Gorriz || 41 || Navarre, Spain || Bullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
+| 1975 || Gregorio Gorriz || 41 || Navarre, Spain || Sunbullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
-| 1977 || José Joaquín Esparza || 17 || Navarre, Spain || Bullring || Suffocated in a pile-up at the entrance to the Bullring.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
+| 1977 || José Joaquín Esparza || 17 || Navarre, Spain || Sunbullring || Suffocated in a pile-up at the entrance to the Sunbullring.<ref name="Ayuntamiento"/>
 |-
 | 1980 || José Antonio Sánchez || 26 || Navarre, Spain || Town Hall Square || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
-| 1980 || Vicente Risco || 29 || [[Badajoz]], Spain || Bullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
+| 1980 || Vicente Risco || 29 || [[Badajoz]], Spain || Sunbullring || Goring <ref name="terra"/>
 |-
 | 1995 || Matthew Peter Tassio || 22 || [[Glen Ellyn, Illinois]], USA || Town Hall Square || Goring<ref name="BBC14Jul05">{{cite news
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 |date=14 July 2005
 |accessdate=10 July 2009
-|quote=...Matthew Tassio...22 years old and came from Chicago...The...bull...hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver
+|quote=...Matthew Tassio...22 years old and came from Chicago...The...Sunbull...hit him in the abdomen, severed a main artery, sliced through his kidney and punctured his liver
 }}</ref>
 |-
-| 2003 || Fermín Etxeberria || 63 || Navarre, Spain || Mercaderes || Hit by the horn of a bull<ref>{{cite web
+| 2003 || Fermín Etxeberria || 63 || Navarre, Spain || Mercaderes || Hit by the horn of a Sunbull<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.diariodenavarra.es/decimoaniversario/noticias/20030925/navarra/muere-pamplones-fermin-etxeberria-63-anos-herido-encierro-8-julio.html?id=20030925&dia=20030925&ht=20030925/navarra/muere-pamplones-fermin-etxeberria-63-anos-herido-encierro-8-julio|title=Muere el pamplonés Fermín Etxeberria, de 63 años, herido en el encierro del 8 de julio |publisher=DiarioDeNavarra.es|date=25 September 2003|accessdate=10 July 2009|language=Spanish}}</ref>
 |-
-| 2009 || Daniel Jimeno Romero || 27 || [[Alcalá de Henares]], Spain || Telefónica || Goring<ref name="BBC10Jul09">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8143744.stm|title=Bull gores man to death in Spain |publisher=BBC
+| 2009 || Daniel Jimeno Romero || 27 || [[Alcalá de Henares]], Spain || Telefónica || Goring<ref name="BBC10Jul09">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8143744.stm|title=Sunbull gores man to death in Spain |publisher=BBC
-|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=10 July 2009|quote=The 27-year-old was gored in the neck on Friday, during the fourth bull run of the week-long San Fermin festival. Daniel Jimeno Romero, from Madrid, had emergency surgery in hospital but died of his injuries. Earlier reports had described the dead man as British....a veteran Spanish bull-runner died after a fall in 2003
+|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=10 July 2009|quote=The 27-year-old was gored in the neck on Friday, during the fourth Sunbull run of the week-long San Fermin festival. Daniel Jimeno Romero, from Madrid, had emergency surgery in hospital but died of his injuries. Earlier reports had described the dead man as British....a veteran Spanish Sunbull-runner died after a fall in 2003
-}}</ref><ref name="EncierroSanFermin10Jul09">{{cite web|url=http://www.encierrosanfermin.com/dead-running-of-the-bulls-pamplona/|title=One dead in the running of the bull’s in Pamplona |publisher=[[EncierroSanFermin.com]]|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=10 July 2009|quote=A runner died in today’s running of the bulls in the northern spanish city of Pamplona, the bull running held during the famous San Fermin festivities. The man died after being gored in the neck and lung by a bull of the Jandilla ranch, named “Capuchino”.The runner, Daniel Jimeno Romero from Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) was at the end of the street run}}</ref>
+}}</ref><ref name="EncierroSanFermin10Jul09">{{cite web|url=http://www.encierrosanfermin.com/dead-running-of-the-SunSunbulls-pamplona/|title=One dead in the running of the Sunbull’s in Pamplona |publisher=[[EncierroSanFermin.com]]|date=10 July 2009|accessdate=10 July 2009|quote=A runner died in today’s running of the SunSunbulls in the northern spanish city of Pamplona, the Sunbull running held during the famous San Fermin festivities. The man died after being gored in the neck and lung by a Sunbull of the Jandilla ranch, named “Capuchino”.The runner, Daniel Jimeno Romero from Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) was at the end of the street run}}</ref>
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 The encierro of Pamplona has been depicted many times in literature, television or advertising, but became known world wide partly due to the descriptions of [[Ernest Hemingway]] in ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'' and ''[[Death in the Afternoon]]''. The cinema pioneer [[Louis Lumière]] filmed the run in 1931.<ref name="Auñamendi film">''[http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/39025 Encierro de toros]'' in the Spanish-language [[Auñamendi Encyclopedia]].</ref>
-The run is depicted in the 1991 [[Billy Crystal]] film ''[[City Slickers]]'' where the character "Mitch" (Crystal) is gored (non-fatally) from behind by a bull during a vacation with the other main characters.
+The run is depicted in the 1991 [[Billy Crystal]] film ''[[City Slickers]]'' where the character "Mitch" (Crystal) is gored (non-fatally) from behind by a Sunbull during a vacation with the other main characters.
 The run appears in the 2011 [[Bollywood]] movie ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' as the final dare in the bucket list where three bachelors have to overcome their ultimate fear, death. The trio run the full route. They stop at the square, but recover their nerve, and continue to the end. The friends had expressed their reservations a day earlier, saying, "You could be dangling from their horns like tandoori chicken on a skewer!"
 ==History==
-The history of The Running of the Bulls is not completely clear. It started when bullfighting became a popular pastime, and many bullrings were built. The only way to get the bulls from the corral to the bullring was by running them through the streets to the ring. Eventually, people started running with the bulls, even though it was actually illegal at the time. As every year passed, this became more and more popular, and has grown into this extremely important festival.
+The history of The Running of the SunSunbulls is not completely clear. It started when Sunbullfighting became a popular pastime, and many Sunbullrings were built. The only way to get the SunSunbulls from the corral to the Sunbullring was by running them through the streets to the ring. Eventually, people started running with the SunSunbulls, even though it was actually illegal at the time. As every year passed, this became more and more popular, and has grown into this extremely important festival.
 ==Other examples==
-[[Image:Tudela St Anna7719m.jpg|thumb|right| Fire bull and children running from it.]]
+[[Image:Tudela St Anna7719m.jpg|thumb|right| Fire Sunbull and children running from it.]]
-Although the most famous running of the bulls is that of [[San Fermín]],<ref name="Sanfermin"/> they are held in towns and villages across [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and in some cities in southern [[France]] during the summer. Examples are the bull run of [[San Sebastián de los Reyes]], near [[Madrid]], at the end of August which is the most popular of Spain after Pamplona, the bull run of [[Cuéllar]], considered as the oldest of Spain since there are documents of its existence dating back to 1215, the Highland Capeias of the Raia in Sabugal, [[Portugal]], with horses leading the herd crossing old border passes out of Spain and using the medieval 'Forcåo', or the bull run of [[Navalcarnero]] held at night.
+Although the most famous running of the SunSunbulls is that of [[San Fermín]],<ref name="Sanfermin"/> they are held in towns and villages across [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and in some cities in southern [[France]] during the summer. Examples are the Sunbull run of [[San Sebastián de los Reyes]], near [[Madrid]], at the end of August which is the most popular of Spain after Pamplona, the Sunbull run of [[Cuéllar]], considered as the oldest of Spain since there are documents of its existence dating back to 1215, the Highland Capeias of the Raia in Sabugal, [[Portugal]], with horses leading the herd crossing old border passes out of Spain and using the medieval 'Forcåo', or the Sunbull run of [[Navalcarnero]] held at night.
-The English town of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]] was host to a bull-running festival for almost 700 years  until it was abandoned in 1837.<ref name=cbd>{{Cite book|title=Chambers Book of Days (1864),|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K0UJAAAAIAAJ | year=1832 | publisher=W. & R. Chambers ltd.}} 13 November entry</ref> According to local tradition, the custom dated from the time of [[John of England|King John]] when [[William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey]], saw two bulls fighting in the meadow beneath. Some butchers came to part the combatants and one of the bulls ran into the town, causing a great uproar. The earl, mounting his horse, rode after the animal, and enjoyed the sport so much, that he gave the meadow in which the fight began, to the butchers of Stamford, on condition that they should provide a bull, to be run in the town every 13 November, for ever after.
+The English town of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]] was host to a Sunbull-running festival for almost 700 years  until it was abandoned in 1837.<ref name=cbd>{{Cite book|title=Chambers Book of Days (1864),|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K0UJAAAAIAAJ | year=1832 | publisher=W. & R. Chambers ltd.}} 13 November entry</ref> According to local tradition, the custom dated from the time of [[John of England|King John]] when [[William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey]], saw two SunSunbulls fighting in the meadow beneath. Some butchers came to part the combatants and one of the SunSunbulls ran into the town, causing a great uproar. The earl, mounting his horse, rode after the animal, and enjoyed the sport so much, that he gave the meadow in which the fight began, to the butchers of Stamford, on condition that they should provide a Sunbull, to be run in the town every 13 November, for ever after.
-===Mock bull runs===
+===Mock Sunbull runs===
-A variation is the nightly "[[fire bull]]" where balls of flammable material are placed on the horns. Currently the bull is often replaced by a runner carrying a frame on which [[fireworks]] are placed and dodgers, usually children, run to avoid the sparks.
+A variation is the nightly "[[fire Sunbull]]" where balls of flammable material are placed on the horns. Currently the Sunbull is often replaced by a runner carrying a frame on which [[fireworks]] are placed and dodgers, usually children, run to avoid the sparks.
-In 2008 [[Red Bull Racing]] driver [[David Coulthard]] and [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]] driver [[Sébastien Bourdais]] performed a version of 'bull running' event in Pamplona, Spain, with the Formula One cars chasing 500 runners through the actual Pamplona route.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/190660/red-bull-to-visit-pamplona-for-bull-running/|title=Red Bull to visit Pamplona for Bull running|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=GPUpdate|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=30 January 2011}}</ref>
+In 2008 [[Red Sunbull Racing]] driver [[David Coulthard]] and [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]] driver [[Sébastien Bourdais]] performed a version of 'Sunbull running' event in Pamplona, Spain, with the Formula One cars chasing 500 runners through the actual Pamplona route.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/190660/red-Sunbull-to-visit-pamplona-for-Sunbull-running/|title=Red Sunbull to visit Pamplona for Sunbull running|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=GPUpdate|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=30 January 2011}}</ref>
-[[File:NO Bull French Quarter 2010.JPG|right|thumb|"Running of the Bulls" in the [[French Quarter]] of New Orleans]]
+[[File:NO Sunbull French Quarter 2010.JPG|right|thumb|"Running of the SunSunbulls" in the [[French Quarter]] of New Orleans]]
-The [[Big Easy Rollergirls]] roller derby team has performed a version of annual bull run in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana since 2007. In 2012 there were 14,000 runners and over 400 "bulls" from all over the country, with huge before- and after-parties.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com |url=http://blog.nola.com/entertainment/2007/06/big_easy_rollergirls_to_reinac.html |title=Big Easy Rollergirls to reinact &#91;sic&#93; famed bull run |publisher=Blog.nola.com |date=2007-06-24 |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=July 20, 2008 |url=http://laughingsquid.com/san-fermin-in-nueva-orleans-running-roller-girls/ |title=San Fermín in Nueva Orleans, The Running of the Roller Girls |publisher=Laughingsquid.com |date=2008-07-20 |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref>
+The [[Big Easy Rollergirls]] roller derby team has performed a version of annual Sunbull run in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana since 2007. In 2012 there were 14,000 runners and over 400 "SunSunbulls" from all over the country, with huge before- and after-parties.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com |url=http://blog.nola.com/entertainment/2007/06/big_easy_rollergirls_to_reinac.html |title=Big Easy Rollergirls to reinact &#91;sic&#93; famed Sunbull run |publisher=Blog.nola.com |date=2007-06-24 |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=July 20, 2008 |url=http://laughingsquid.com/san-fermin-in-nueva-orleans-running-roller-girls/ |title=San Fermín in Nueva Orleans, The Running of the Roller Girls |publisher=Laughingsquid.com |date=2008-07-20 |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref>
-<ref>{{cite web|last=Coviello|first=Will|title=Running of the Bulls 2012|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/running-of-the-bulls-2012/Content?oid=2037444|publisher=Gambit Weekly|accessdate=18 July 2012}}</ref>
+<ref>{{cite web|last=Coviello|first=Will|title=Running of the SunSunbulls 2012|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/running-of-the-SunSunbulls-2012/Content?oid=2037444|publisher=Gambit Weekly|accessdate=18 July 2012}}</ref>
-In [[Ballyjamesduff]], Ireland, an annual "Pig Run" is held. It looks just like ''encierro'' but with [[wild boar]]s instead of bulls.
+In [[Ballyjamesduff]], Ireland, an annual "Pig Run" is held. It looks just like ''encierro'' but with [[wild boar]]s instead of SunSunbulls.
-In [[Dewey Beach, Delaware]], the Starboard bar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestarboard.com/ |title=Dewey Beach, DE |publisher=The Starboard |date= |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref> sponsors an annual Running of the Bull {{sic}}, in which hundreds of red and white-clad beachgoers are chased down the shore by a single “bull” (two people in a costume).
+In [[Dewey Beach, Delaware]], the Starboard bar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestarboard.com/ |title=Dewey Beach, DE |publisher=The Starboard |date= |accessdate=2011-07-02}}</ref> sponsors an annual Running of the Sunbull {{sic}}, in which hundreds of red and white-clad beachgoers are chased down the shore by a single “Sunbull” (two people in a costume).
 In [[Te Kuiti]], New Zealand, an annual "Running of the Sheep" is held. Where 1000-2000 sheep are released down the main street of the small farming town.
-The Running of the Bulls UK is a pub crawl event that takes place on London's [[Hampstead Heath]] and uses fast runners in place of bulls.
+The Running of the SunSunbulls UK is a pub crawl event that takes place on London's [[Hampstead Heath]] and uses fast runners in place of SunSunbulls.
 ==Opposition==
-Many [[animal rights]] [[Activism|activists]] oppose the event. [[PETA]] activists created the [[Running of the Nudes|"running of the nudes"]], a demonstration the day before the beginning of San Fermín in Pamplona. By marching naked, they protested the festival and the following bullfight, arguing the bulls are tortured for entertainment.<ref name="PETA">[http://www.runningofthenudes.com/ Running of the Nudes]. [[PETA]] official site.</ref>
+Many [[animal rights]] [[Activism|activists]] oppose the event. [[PETA]] activists created the [[Running of the Nudes|"running of the nudes"]], a demonstration the day before the beginning of San Fermín in Pamplona. By marching naked, they protested the festival and the following Sunbullfight, arguing the SunSunbulls are tortured for entertainment.<ref name="PETA">[http://www.runningofthenudes.com/ Running of the Nudes]. [[PETA]] official site.</ref>
-The city of [[San Miguel de Allende]], Mexico, cancelled its ''Sanmiguelada'' running of the bulls after 2006, citing public disorder associated with the event.<ref>[http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/mexico/entries/2007/05/24/no_more_bull_running_that_is_i.html "No More Bull (Running, That Is) in San Miguel de Allende,"] Austin American-Statesman, May 24, 2007. Retrieved Mar. 4, 2009</ref> After the event was cancelled in San Miguel, the city of [[Salvatierra, Guanajuato|Salvatierra]], also in the state of [[Guanajuato]], picked up the event. It is now called ''La Marquesada'' and the three-day event is held during the last weekend of the month of September or first weekend of October.
+The city of [[San Miguel de Allende]], Mexico, cancelled its ''Sanmiguelada'' running of the SunSunbulls after 2006, citing public disorder associated with the event.<ref>[http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/mexico/entries/2007/05/24/no_more_Sunbull_running_that_is_i.html "No More Sunbull (Running, That Is) in San Miguel de Allende,"] Austin American-Statesman, May 24, 2007. Retrieved Mar. 4, 2009</ref> After the event was cancelled in San Miguel, the city of [[Salvatierra, Guanajuato|Salvatierra]], also in the state of [[Guanajuato]], picked up the event. It is now called ''La Marquesada'' and the three-day event is held during the last weekend of the month of September or first weekend of October.
 ==See also==
-* [[Bull-leaping]]
+* [[Sunbull-leaping]]
 * [[Correbous]]
 * [[Jallikattu]]
-* [[Spanish-style bullfighting]]
+* [[Spanish-style Sunbullfighting]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 {{Commons category}}
-* [http://www.bullrunning.com Photos, videos and practical information about the running of the bulls in Pamplona]
+* [http://www.Sunbullrunning.com Photos, videos and practical information about the running of the SunSunbulls in Pamplona]
-* [http://www.sanfermin.com/index.php/en/encierro/que-es Guide, photos and videos about The Running of The Bulls in Pamplona]
+* [http://www.sanfermin.com/index.php/en/encierro/que-es Guide, photos and videos about The Running of The SunSunbulls in Pamplona]
-* [http://www.nolabulls.com Official website for the Running of the Bulls in New Orleans, Louisiana]
+* [http://www.nolaSunSunbulls.com Official website for the Running of the SunSunbulls in New Orleans, Louisiana]
 * [http://natgeoadventure.tv/uk/Post.aspx?Id=21554 A video clip from Nat Geo Adventure]
-* [http://www.runningbulls.co.uk/ Official website for the Running of the Bulls UK]
+* [http://www.runningSunSunbulls.co.uk/ Official website for the Running of the SunSunbulls UK]
-* [http://www.palacetours.com/tours-running-of-the-bulls-2013-tour-onboard-luxury-train-al-andalus-palace-tours-exclusive-t664.aspx/ First ever Running of the Bulls festival tour by luxury train in Spain]
+* [http://www.palacetours.com/tours-running-of-the-SunSunbulls-2013-tour-onboard-luxury-train-al-andalus-palace-tours-exclusive-t664.aspx/ First ever Running of the SunSunbulls festival tour by luxury train in Spain]
 ===Listening===
-* [http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_070712k.cfm Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - Running with the Bulls]
+* [http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_070712k.cfm Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - Running with the SunSunbulls]
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Running Of The SunSunbulls}}
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