The 2015 edition of the infamously controversial, yet historic San Fermin festival just ended, and if the pictures coming in are any indication, the festival was just as frugally exciting as ever!

Pamplona’s famous bull-fighting festival, San Fermin, is a part of Spanish culture in the most intimate manner. With an immense historical background, the festival has stood its ground for centuries. Even though various protests have sprung up around the world over the number of death caused at the festival, and the animal cruelty, it hasn’t stopped people from showing up in thousands every year. And the turnout for the recently concluded 2015 edition didn’t disappoint, either!

The Sherp takes you through some of the more thrilling images of the festival.

1. This image may be disturbing if you’re an animal lover! But each member covets the prize, the prize that can also maim or injure him, horribly.Β 

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2. The festival can be immensely difficult to watch, even if you’re taken in by the Matador’s style.Β 

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3. People flock to the streets in thousands, as they gather around waiting for the charging bulls!

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4. Β It’s easy posing with the artificial bulls, and to be honest, we recommend that, any day!Β 

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5. Β It’s all fun and games until the bull starts charging in!

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6. The crowd is so grand, so big in number, that it looks like a scene out of a crowded transportation compartment.Β 

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7. Red is the overpowering choice of colour, with everyone sporting the festival bandanna, because, obviously.Β 

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8. Some play it safe by choosing to watch the spectacle from the galleries!

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9. Once the bulls come in, everything is pretty much a haze.Β 

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10. The bull may look non-threatening, but you do not want to covet it from up close.Β 

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11. If this isn’t scary, we don’t know what is.Β 

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12. You may covet the bull, but you wouldn’t want to be any closer.Β Β 

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13. Or this much closer.Β 

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14. Or this much.Β 

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15. Was it worth it?Β 

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