Running of the bulls famously at Stamford until 1837. The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the bulls from the fields outside the city, where they were bred, to the bullring, where they would be killed in the evening. During this "run", youngsters would jump among them to show off their bravado. In Pamplona and other places, the six bulls in the event are still those that will feature in the afternoon bullfight of the same day. Spanish tradition holds that bull-running began in northeastern Spain in the early 14th century. While transporting cattle in order to sell them at
The Festival of San Joaquin The Festival of San Joaquin The Festival of San Joaquin is a 1997 novel, the third from Belizean-American Zee Edgell. In a change from her first two novels, "Beka Lamb" and "In Times Like These", the story is set in the village of San Joaquin, Corozal District. Upon her release from prison, protagonist Luz Marina must figure out how to approach her mother-in-law in order to gain back the custody of her children, Teresa, Edwardo and Feliciano. She went to prison for the death of her husband whom she had killed in self defense. The mother of her husband was