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Bulls in the sea in Javea

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In Javea the main festival takes place during the last week of August and the first week of September in the port area of the town and is in honour of Our Lady of Loreto. Rather than set up a temporary bullring and have bullfights as is the case in the majority of national village fiestas, Javea provides quite a divergence from the theme called Bous a la Mar (Bulls to the Sea). Bulls to the Sea A temporary stand is constructed in the port area with seats looking down on a small man-made "beach" which is no more than 70m long by 20m wide. Along one side of this sandy area is the stand for spectators and at the other side is the sea. Tempting the bull A lorry arrives carrying up to six bulls and unloads them into a secured paddock under the stand. A single firework goes off and the first bemused bull runs out into the open sandy area where local lads run around attracting its attention. Their aim is to bait it to attack them near the waterfront so that it will fall into the sea.

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