Pamplona draws thousands of revellers for bull-running festival
Nearly everyone, including the throngs of foreign tourists who come to the event, was dressed in the traditional garb of white trousers and shirt with red sash and neckerchief.
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As the rocket that starts the official party was fired, many doused each other with red or sparkling wine.
Revellers sprayed each other with red or sparkling wine (Miguel Oses/AP)
The highlight of the nine-day festival is the early morning 'encierros', or bull runs, starting on Monday, when thousands of brave or foolhardy participants sprint to avoid six bulls charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city's bullring.
While gorings are not rare, many more people suffer bruising from falls as spectators watch from balconies and wooden barricades set up along the course. The spectacle is televised nationally.
The rest of each day is for eating, drinking, dancing and cultural entertainment, including bull fights where the animals that run in the morning are slain by professional matadors each afternoon.
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The festival was made internationally famous by Ernest Hemingway's classic 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, about American bohemians living in Europe.
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The author, who has sold more than two million copies of her book, also said today she had been left 'devastated' by accusations her husband's illness was fabricated. Winn said: 'The dispute with Martin Hemmings, referred to in the Observer by his wife, is not the court case in The Salt Path. 'Nor did it result in us losing our home. Mr Hemmings is not Cooper. Mrs Hemmings is not in the book, nor is she a relative of someone who is. Following an investigation into their backgrounds, The Observer said that The Salt Path's protagonists, Raynor Winn (right) and her husband, Moth Winn (left), could have misled fans The Winns with Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, the stars of the recent film adaptation. It has been claimed that the couple may have made millions from the book and movie 'I worked for Martin Hemmings in the years before the economic crash of 2008. For me it was a pressured time. 'It was also a time when mistakes were being made in the business. 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Now, without a murder weapon, some flimsy photos and a poor witness statement from the family, who can't be trusted (we'll get to that in a minute), Alba's prospects are made a little better. It turns out the Lasserre family are not squeaky clean. In fact they lied about what happened. The day before the murder, the entire family gathered for Maison Oris, one of the biggest perfumers. They showed up, wanting to buy the estate to get exclusive access to the roses. While they would offer a good pay-day, the Lasserre family would be allowed to keep running the farm. However, Arnaud is too proud to let his business go and refuses to sell, much to the shock and anger of his family. That means that one of the family actually have a motive, and Manon knows this because she's actually Arnaud's granddaughter. Alba is eventually released from custody, and she returns to Leo. She definitely doesn't trust Manon though, but she wants to help and find out the truth. 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