2009年10月29日木曜日

Festa de San Fermin (Spain) History

This festival is held for San Fermin who means Saint Fermin in English. He had his head cut off so those who take part in this festival put their neck on red scarf for his dead. Now, this festival is held in July. But it was held in October until 1951. It was changed. The reason is October is a long rain season. This festival was autumn festival originally. Hemingway who was a novelist in English wrote about this festival in his novel "The Sun Also Rises". This festival became fomous.