Spain’s incredibly famous bull-running festival is taking a backseat this year amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, and fear of Coronavirus. According to reports, the most important destination for bull-running, which is Pamplona’s summer San Fermin Festival has now been cancelled. While the city was hopeful that the festival would be held in July, Pamplona’s mayor, Ana Elizalde then announced the cancellation, thus shattering all hopes.
The annual bull-running festival is an important event that gets close to 10 lakh attendees, and is celebrated in a grand manner. You must have seen images of bulls running through the narrow streets, and people celebrating on the streets, but that is not going to take place this year. The San Fermin Festival has been cancelled only thrice in its history, and this is the fourth time it is happening.
The festival generated 740 million euros over the last decade, and around 1.5 million people from around the world come to Pamplona to watch this unique festival. This year, unfortunately, the streets of Pamplona will be silent as the country observes lockdown.
On the other hand, Germany’s popular Oktoberfest has also been cancelled now.
As of now, Spain has had a total of 226,629 cases of Coronavirus, with 23190 deaths and 117727 recoveries. It is important that the country continues to battle the virus for a better future.