{"id":1432,"date":"2010-07-07T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2010-07-07T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T19:53:52","slug":"7-julio-san-fermin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/7-julio-san-fermin\/","title":{"rendered":"7 de Julio, \u00a1San Ferm\u00edn!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cada 6 de julio, a las 12 de la ma\u00f1ana, con un enorme estruendo por el tradicional \u201cchupinazo\u201d, dan comienzo unas de las fiestas m\u00e1s conocidas de Espa\u00f1a: los Sanfermines. Toda Pamplona se viste de blanco, con un pa\u00f1uelo rojo al cuello, y se dispone a disfrutar de 9 d\u00edas de fiesta ininterrumpidos.<\/p>\n<p>Esta fiesta se remonta a la Edad Media, trat\u00e1ndose tanto de una celebraci\u00f3n religiosa como de un acontecimiento comercial. La concentraci\u00f3n de gente en la ciudad permit\u00eda alternar los actos religiosos con m\u00fasica, danzas, saltimbanquis, y posteriormente se incorporaron los famosos encierros de toros.<\/p>\n<p>El origen del pa\u00f1uelo rojo parece encontrarse precisamente en la parte religiosa, s\u00edmbolo de homenaje al martirio de San Ferm\u00edn, que muri\u00f3 decapitado en Amiens (Francia). Sin embargo, el porqu\u00e9 del atuendo blanco se desconoce realmente: solo se sabe que, si quieres integrarte en los Sanfermines, debes llevar pa\u00f1uelo rojo anudado al cuello, faja roja, y camisa, pantal\u00f3n o falda blancas, que terminar\u00e1n algo mugrientas cuando acabe la fiesta\u2026 Eso s\u00ed, si pretendes correr en el encierro\u2026 \u00a1el rojo fuera!<\/p>\n<p>En pleno siglo XX, ser\u00e1 Ernest Hemingway quien le otorgue una fama desconocida hasta el momento, a trav\u00e9s de sus cr\u00f3nicas period\u00edsticas, y sobre todo gracias a su novela y posterior versi\u00f3n cinematogr\u00e1fica, \u201cThe sun also rises\u201d (Fiesta). El premio Nobel disfrut\u00f3 los Sanfermines por primera vez en 1923, cuando fue enviado como corresponsal a Espa\u00f1a, y desde ese a\u00f1o volvi\u00f3 en innumerables ocasiones, hasta 1959, poco antes de su muerte. Qued\u00f3 desde el primer momento impactado por el ambiente de la ciudad, pero sobre todo por el juego entre el hombre y el toro, afrontando su propia muerte. Sol\u00eda alojarse en el hotel La Perla, y frecuentaba terrazas y bares como el Txoko, el caf\u00e9 Suiza o Iru\u00f1a, y por supuesto, las corridas de toros. Vivi\u00f3 y se sumergi\u00f3 de tal forma en los Sanfermines que incluso se rumorea que tuvo alg\u00fan percance en un encierro. Todas sus actividades fueron plasmadas de alguna forma en la novela, y su afici\u00f3n por esta regi\u00f3n espa\u00f1ola fue tal, que aun hoy d\u00eda el turista puede disfrutar de la \u201cruta de Hemingway\u201d. Si a esto unimos la presencia de Ava Gardner como protagonista de la pel\u00edcula, podremos entender la fascinaci\u00f3n que desde aquel momento Navarra y sus Sanfermines desataron tanto en extranjeros de la talla de Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, la propia Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, Spike Lee, como entre los propios espa\u00f1oles, convirtiendo una peque\u00f1a fiesta local en una celebraci\u00f3n conocida mundialmente.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karaoke San Fermin\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mxzr-YcgxKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every 6th of July, at midday, and with a great bang from the traditional \u201cChupinazo\u201d (firework rocket), starts one of the most well known feasts in Spain: the \u201cSanfermines\u201d. The city of Pamplona dresses itself in white, with a red scarf around the neck, and prepares to enjoy nine days of continuous party.<\/p>\n<p>This festivity dates back as far as the Middle Ages, being both a religious celebration and a trade fair. The large crowds of people concentrated in the city made possible to alternate religious services with music, dance, acrobats, and the later addition of the famous bull runnings.<\/p>\n<p>The origin of the red scarf can be found in the religious side, being a token of San Fermin\u2019s martyrdom, which ended with his beheading in Amiens (France) .We don\u2019t know why the use of white clothes was adopted, but there is only one thing for sure: if you want to feel integrated in the Sanfermines atmosphere, you must wear a red scarf around your neck, red wide belt, and a white shirt, skirt or trousers, which will obviously get a little dirty when the party ends\u2026 Moreover, of course, if you want to try bull running&#8230; take any red clothes off!<\/p>\n<p>Well into the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, it was Ernest Hemingway who gave this celebration its unprecedented fame through his articles, but mainly because of his novel, also adapted to the big screen, \u201cThe sun also rises\u201d. The Nobel Prize-winning author enjoyed the Sanfermines for the first time in 1929, when he was sent as a correspondent to Spain, and from that year on he returned in countless occasions up until 1959, some time before his death. He was very impressed by the atmosphere in the city, mainly with the game between man and bull, facing death. He used to stay at the hotel \u201cLa Perla\u201d, and frequented terraces and bars such as The Txoko, the caf\u00e9s Suiza or Iru\u00f1a, and obviously, the bullfights. He lived and immersed himself into the Sanfermines in such a way that there were even rumours about him suffering a mishap during a bull running. All these activities were captured in his novel, and his interest for this Spanish region was so intense that even now a tourist can take the \u201cHemingway route\u201d.\u00a0 Considering Ava Gardner played the main role in the movie, we will be able to understand the fascination that from that moment Navarre and the San Ferm\u00edn celebration created among foreign celebrities, Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, or Spike Lee, as well as among Spaniards themselves, turning a small local festivity into a worldwide known celebration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hemingway1959ubina.g 300x199\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1435\" title=\"hemingway1959ubina.g\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g-300x199.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/07\/hemingway1959ubina.g.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Cada 6 de julio, a las 12 de la ma\u00f1ana, con un enorme estruendo por el tradicional \u201cchupinazo\u201d, dan comienzo unas de las fiestas m\u00e1s conocidas de Espa\u00f1a: los Sanfermines. Toda Pamplona se viste de blanco, con un pa\u00f1uelo rojo al cuello, y se dispone a disfrutar de 9 d\u00edas de fiesta ininterrumpidos. 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