The encierro is alot of fun, thats for sure. But an encierro with rasher sang-iches as a prize? Only the Irish can do it with that much style. I liked the guy with the boina at the start.

Find out more about the video here.

Location: Plaza Consistorial
Description: Discussing running tactics for the encierro 11th July.

Location: Plaza Consistorial / Calle Mercaderes, waiting for the encierro to start.

Location: Calle Estafeta, Pamplona
Description: Patiently waiting for the encierro to begin. Did this man get his inspiration from Sñr. Hemingway?

sanferminencierro.com – Entrevista a Javier Solano from sanferminencierro on Vimeo.

This is an interview with encierro commentator Javier Solano where he explains, with decades of experience, his views on last years fiesta.

Someone as famous as he even has a Facebook fan page, por suspuesto

An interesting interview. Thanks to sanferminencierro.com for it.

Los Mansos, por Javier Lorente. from sanferminencierro on Vimeo.

Javier Lorente Cía, is a veterinary surgeon who worked in the veterinary services involved in the encierro and corridas for many years.

In this interview he explains what “los mansos” (the meek) are, and the different variations (cabestres, from the south of Spain for example).

Los mansos are bulls who have been castrated at an early age. As a result they are These bulls are involved in the encierro. Each day two groups of mansos lead and finish the group of toros bravos.

Their job is to provide safety (and apply a certain slowing of the group) by leading the toros bravos to the plaza, while the second groups job is to lead any bulls that might have stopped or been left behind in the bull run towards the bullring (so-called ‘sweep-up” group).