Women demand female Pamplona bull run, with cows
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/od_nm/pamplona_women1_dc_1;_ylt=As7UmD_sX7nu2In_EsOPa9oE1vAI
Mon Jul 9, 8:15 AM ET
Women in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, world-famous for its
ferocious bull-running festival, are demanding their own version complete with
cows instead of bulls.
A student website, www.estudiln.net, set the ball rolling with its campaign
"Cows want to run" which asks for a separate encierro, as the bull-runs are
known, where only women are allowed to take part.
Women have been allowed to take part in the San Fermin bull-running for some
years but they still represent a tiny minority of the thousands of runners who
attempt to dodge 600-kilo bulls along an 800-metre course through the streets
of Pamplona.
The students say it's only logical that women should have their own bull-run.
"Cows, as well as bulls, have four legs and a natural instinct to run," says
their manifesto. "An encierro for cows, would put Pamplona at the vanguard of
traditional fiestas with equality for men and women."
Organizers of the festival, which runs from July 7-14, have not responded to
the suggestion.
And just what the late Ernest Hemingway, who made the bull-run in Pamplona
internationally famous, would have thought will never be known.
