Pamplona (EFE).- Pamplona said goodbye to the 2023 San Fermines tonight with a massive Poor Me that has officially closed 204 hours of uninterrupted partying in the street, although many will extend them throughout the early morning as it coincides with the start of the weekend.
The recently elected mayoress of Pamplona, Cristina Ibarrola, has made her debut in the leading role of the event and at 12 o’clock at night she has gone out onto the balcony of the Town Hall, on a square packed with people who already carried their lit candles as a prelude to the mourning that was going to be announced.
Thus, the mayoress, before removing the red scarf from her neck, which hundreds of thousands of people have worn in the city in the last 9 days since the chupinazo was launched in this very place, has confirmed: “Pamploneses, Pamplonesas, The San Fermín festivities are over”.
“We have experienced incredible parties together, with record participation and number of visitors, and all thanks to each and all of you, who have been the best ambassadors of Pamplona”, he said to pronounce the no less expected and cheered phrase: “ There is less to go until the 2024 Sanfermines. Long live San Fermín, gora San Fermín!”
The citizens, with their handkerchiefs already untied and held high over their heads, have responded by singing the traditional “Poor me, poor me, the San Fermín festivities are over” with the brass band, while the fireworks could be heard in the background. end that has been burned in the Plaza de los Burgos as the closing of the Sanfermines.
But shortly after, and as befits an act like this that mixes sadness with partying, the square has exploded again between music and revelry, with the singing of “January 1, February 2, March 3…” to celebrate that in less than a year the Sanfermines will be reissued in Pamplona, although this time it will have to wait one more day, since 2024 is a leap year.
Thus, the music of the peñas, which have gathered in the nearby Plaza del Castillo, has resumed its festive character, with happy and boisterous songs that from time to time tonight alternate with that of the sad Poor me, although quickly the Jolgorio wins to the penalty, with a celebration that is already done with the red scarf knotted on the wrist.