Pilon The closure has been declared Falces Tourist Festival of Navarra by the Ministry of Tourism and the Institución Príncipe de Viana. Fakes City Council was the one who proposed this distinction to the Directorate General of Tourism.
Pilon The closure dates from 1751, according to the oldest documents of the municipal archive of Fakes. As enshrined in the statutory order, "the act has a century-old tied to popular culture, and its spectacular has achieved significant recognition in its own right and great power of attraction, surpassing the reach only a holiday for cultural consideration."
This bullfights held for nine consecutive days, from the penultimate Sunday of August, coinciding with the festivities of Fakes. Today is celebrated with heifers, running down a narrow canyon with the mountain to the right and a small ravine to the left. The pipeline carries dangerous and striking, makes this unique enclosure.
local historian José María Sanz Suess has compiled the origins of this festival: "Since the town is sheltered by a cliff, driving cattle up the mountain was made to not cross the plain River. But the traditional route was one thing, and closure as now known, is another. "In practice it was the same, but had no official classification of confinement, and was organized," says Sanz Suess . Thus, spontaneity is one of the original features of this race. "And that is known because there is no live amateur falcesino taurine or lack of other entertainment not up to wait for the cows to poultry Elarre, and then download the cabrería "recalls the historian." The young men, who had entertained the waiting with some sausage, bread and wine boot, ran down ahead of the pack, "he adds.
was not until late of 60 when they began running of the bulls as we know it today. Then the younger falcesinos athletes started running in a challenge to the heifers and their own costs.
Source: Diario de Navarra
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