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Running of the Bulls Running of the Bulls Festival  The Running of the Bulls (in Spanish: encierro , from the verb encerrar , "to corral , to enclose ") is a practice that involves running in front of a small group of cattle , typically six , of the toro bravo breed that have been let loose on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets . The most famous running of the bulls is held during the eight-day festival of Sanfermines in honour of Saint Fermin in Pamplona, although they are also traditionally held in other places such as towns and villages across Spain, Portugal , in some cities in Mexico ,and southern France during the summer . 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 pl...

 Songkran Water Festival - Chiang Mai _ Thailand  Songkran (Thailand) The Songkran festival (Thai: เทศกาลสงกรานต์, pronounced [ tʰêːt.sā.kāːn sǒŋ.krāːn ]) is the Thai New Year's festival. The Thai New Year's Day is 13 April every year, but the holiday period includes 14–15 April as well. The word " Songkran " comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti (Devanāgarī:  literally " astrological passage ", meaning transformation or change. The term was borrowed from , the name of a harvest festival celebrated in January to mark the arrival of spring. It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart, the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festive occasion is in keeping with the Buddhist solar calendar. New year traditions The Songkran celebration is rich with symbolic traditions. Mornings begin with merit-making. Visiting local temples and offering food to the Buddhist monks is commonly practiced. On this spec...