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Walking Bull Run of Novallas

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Walking Bull Run of Novallas

Activity · Novallas, Tarazona y el Moncayo, Zaragoza

A traditional encierro of fighting cattle run on foot, held every 15 September during the Fiestas de la Cruz [Feast of the Cross] of Novallas (Zaragoza) and declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico de Aragón (official Spanish designation for festivals of tourist interest) in 2000. The event dates back to the 18th century, when the village's festival committee had to go on foot to fetch cattle for the encierros from neighbouring towns; the tradition was lost in 1956, with the arrival of trucks, and was revived in 1983 by releasing young cows outside the town centre so that they would run into it, although after years of incidents it was banned in 1999 and was not reinstated until the early 2000s. The route sets off at eight in the morning from the corrals, and the cattle, guided by young men, horses and tame bulls, cross the town centre to the Plaza de San Antón.

Photo: Jesbaq at Spanish Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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