Known best for the running of the bulls ceremony, the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain is actually a week-long event consisting of dozens of centruies-old traditions (most of which do not involve the risk of being gored.)

The festival kicks off each year on July 6 with the lighting of the chupinazo, a rocket that signifies the start of the celebration. Thousands of revelers gather in front of Pamplona’s City Hall to watch the pyrothecnic display.

Following a week of traditional rituals that are rooted in Spain’s national identity, the event comes to a close at midnight on July 14 during a candlelit singing of Pobre de Mi (Poor Me) in Townhall Square.

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