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Bous a la Mar de Xàbia

Xàbia/Jávea, La Marina Alta, Alicante

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Bous a la Mar de Xàbia

Activity · Xàbia/Jávea, La Marina Alta, Alicante

The Bous a la Mar are a form of popular bull festivity held in a square open to the sea, in the harbour or on the beaches, in which runners jump into the water to dodge the bull's charges. It used to be celebrated in several Catalan towns, now banned there, and today survives only in three municipalities of the Comunidad Valenciana: Benicarló, Dénia and Xàbia, where it remains linked to the festivities of Our Lady of Loreto.

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Photo: Federación Valenciana de Municipios y Provincias (FVMP) (GFDL)

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