San Fermín a fireworks display at the city hall. This closing ceremony tradition started out in the 1920s. The running of the bulls (In Spanish "encierro or los toros de san Fermin") involves hundreds of people running in front of six bulls and another six steers down an 825-meter (0.51 mile) stretch of narrow streets of a section of the old town of Pamplona. The run ends in the Pamplona's bullring taking a mean time of around 3 minutes where the bulls would be held until the afternoon's bullfight when they would be killed. Bullruns are held between July 7 and 14
San Prudencio festival in San Sebastián takes place with trumpets, drums and Basque dance groups. According to a local newspaper, the first "tamborrada" connected with the San Prudencio festival was held in 1975; the festival itself has been held since at least 1964. The following day, a fair is held with traders and craftsmen. A popular song is sung during the festival: Spanish: <poem>Suena el tun, tun y con él la trompeta, Es la retreta de nuestro patrón. (Bis). Los alaveses, en este día, con alegría y con buena unión. Celebran fiestas a San Prudencio, a San Prudencio su patrón. Suena el tun,