Pamplona Giants, a San Fermin Comparsa group, dance in Plaza Ayuntamiento square. Photo / AP
People held candles and red neckerchiefs yesterday during Pobre de Mi, a song which was sung at the end of the famous San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain.
The "Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos", or the Parade of the Giants and Big Heads, also took place during the farewell
ceremony to cap the eight-day festival.
San Fermin, which honours the patron saint of the northern city, dates back to the late 16th century and is known for its all-night street parties where copious quantities of red wine from Navarra and Rioja are consumed and sprinkled around.
An Australian woman was seriously injured after being gored during the final bull run of this year's festival in Spain yesterday, which also saw another four men hospitalised. They were taken to hospital after sustaining cuts and bruises.
The 23-year-old woman was gored in the back and was undergoing surgery. She was only identified by her initials, J. E. The woman was struck by a massive Miura bull as she clung to wooden barriers metres outside the bullring entrance, a regional health authority spokesman said.
