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Offbeat festival has people swimming with a bull in the sea!

Updated on: 11 July,2016 03:42 PM IST  | 
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Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia's harbour near Alicante, Spain

Offbeat festival has people swimming with a bull in the sea!

Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia's harbour near Alicante, Spain

Spectators participate the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia's harbour near Alicante, Spain.


Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia


Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia


Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia

As part of the tradition, they jumped into the port to avoid the beast, who jumped in after them.

Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia

Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia

Revellers participate in the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia

The highlight of this week long festival is watching bulls run down the main street Marqués de Campo, only to be chased into the Mediterranean sea by those daring enough to enter a makeshift bull ring with them. It is celebrated annually in July.

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