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The Encierro ... The Running of the Bulls
奔牛
The Encierro is the event at the heart of the Sanfermines and makes the fiesta a spectacle that would be unimaginable in any other place in the world. It was born from need: getting the bulls from outside the city into the bullring. The encierro takes place from July 7th to 14th and starts at the corral in Calle Santo Domingo when the clock on the church of San Cernin strikes eight o"clock in the morning. After the launching of two rockets, the bulls charge behind the runners for 825 metres, the distance between the corral and the bullring. The run usually lasts between three and four minutes although it has sometimes taken over ten minutes, especially if one of the bulls has been isolated from his companions.
奔牛大赛是奔牛节最精彩的节目，生在别的国家，是很难想象奔牛大赛的疯狂场面的。奔牛的目的最初是人们为了将牛快速地感到牛场上，为斗牛做准备，而这个过程也逐渐演变成为西班牙的传统活动中最重要的一项。奔牛大赛从7月7号开始，一直要延续到7月14号。公牛们先被赶到圣多明戈街头，当8早上八点教堂的钟声响起时，就意味着奔牛大赛的时间到了，随着两声炮响，人们就被疯狂的公牛们追赶着疯跑起来，勇敢的奔牛者们要从街道跑到斗牛场才算结束，整个奔牛街道跑长达825米，这个过程一般会持续3到4分钟，但有时候，有牛儿跑得不顺，这个过程就可能会延长到10分钟左右。
