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Crowd in traditional white and red filling a Pamplona street during San Fermín, where El Rey is sung
Festival Culture & Traditions

One of San Fermín’s Biggest Anthems Is a Mexican Ranchera Called “El Rey”

El Rey is a 1971 Mexican ranchera and one of San Fermín's loudest anthems. How Pamplona's peñas made the song their own, and why the
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Gigantes and cabezudos figures during a San Fermin parade in Pamplona
Festival Culture & Traditions

Every Other Pamplona Peña Stayed Tied to Its Sports Club. Armonía Txantreana Is the One That Walked Away.

Peña Armonía Txantreana history: Pamplona's first neighborhood peña, born in Txantrea in 1956, the only one to break from its sports club.
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Fiesta crowd in white with red panuelos on Pamplona balconies during San Fermin
Festival Culture & Traditions

Peña Anaitasuna Began as a Footballers’ Side Project. It Ended Up Redefining the Club That Created It.

Peña Anaitasuna history: born in 1948 from a Pamplona football club, approved by the peñas in 1949, now a declared feminist peña. The full story.
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La Pamplonesa municipal band of Pamplona photographed in 1920, its first year playing San Fermin
Festival Culture & Traditions

San Fermín’s Music Sounds Ancient and Anonymous. Most of It Has a Named Composer.

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