San Fermines - handkerchief red smooth of peak (2 PCs.)

The red scarf is a hallmark of the typical dress of the Festival of San Fermin, both that tradition says that you can carry it knotted around the neck while the parties are living. So before the launch of the rocket people leads him on the wrist, in your pocket or in your hand, and exhibits them to the air when who is responsible for opening the festivities shouts: "Viva San Fermín, Gora San Fermin". Once it starts the party handkerchief has its place in the neck or head or as imagination and fashion it deems appropriate. The red scarf of San Fermín have a religious origin. According to the parish priest of the Church of San Lorenzo of Pamplona, which is where the chapel in honor to San Fermin, Jesús Labari: "No one knows for sure and with facts the moment where he began to wear the scarf, but yes we know his motives. For religious ceremonies in honor of a Saint, if it has been martyred and has died for their beliefs, the priests dress red. In the case of the festivities in honor we do to San Fermin because he suffered martyrdom and the red scarf is an interpretation of the people of this religious custom." The red scarf is known to be earlier than the usual dress of white that is more recent. In fact, Miguel Javier Urmeneta, when he was Mayorfrom Pamplona in the Decade of the sixties, he sought penalties to extend the use of the white dress and got it. In addition, other theories support that it serves to quote del toro since apparently the bulls go to red. It should be remembered that he is recommended in the closure run without sash and bandana because the bull you can hook precisely there, so this theory is not supported by many people. Also believed that the custom of the handkerchief is related to the vote of the five wounds. This was established in 1599 as a Thanksgiving for the eradication of a plague epidemic that killed a third of the population of Pamplona. It was more effective drugs to place on the chest of patients a seal with the representation of the five wounds of Christ. Given the effectiveness of the measure and in gratitude, the city authorities decided to hold this vote called "de las Cinco Llagas" perpetually. The representation of these wounds is very similar as is the Red neckerchief.