This could not be the case. He Pamplona City Hall decided Cancel the planned departure of Comparison of giants and big heads from Pamplona on the occasion of the Festivities of San Fermín Chiquito.
The decision surprised many as they were already in the near Pamplona bus station, from where they planned to start their journey, causing discomfort in children.
As confirmed by the city council, the reason for the cancellation is the weather forecast for this afternoon in Pamplona.
Specifically, the textual information included the following text: “The departure of the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos, scheduled for this Saturday, was cancelled due to weather reasons.. “We regret the news.”
Comparsa members have been wait until the last minute to make the final decision, but the AEMET prediction models are clear and predict bad results, so that, even with the hope of being able to go out and dance for the Giants, it has only been a way of delaying the inevitable.
However, tomorrow Sunday 22nd at great day of San Fermín de AldapaTHE Comparison of giants and big headsLa Pamplonesa and the Duguna dance group will reprise the saint in the procession around the church of San Fermín de Aldapa.
The first to go out into the street will be the giants and the big heads, who at 11 o’clock will leave the Bus station towards 2 de Mayo Street. Initially, the departure was from the Ezpeleta Palace, but finally they will leave from the train station.
The Duguna dantzaris will join the procession, which At 11:30 am it will leave from Rochapea Bridge (Tanners) where the wave the flag. A parade will follow along the slope of Santo Domingo to reach the San Fermin de Aldapa Square where the ezpata-txikis They will dance in honor of the saint.
The procession will begin at noon, not only with the dantzaris, the giants and the big heads, but also with La Pamplonesa. It is planned that they will leave the Basilica of San Fermín de Aldapa (Corazonistas) towards the streets of Dos de Mayo, Carmen, Aldapa, Zacatín, Mañueta, Curia and Navarrería, to return through the streets of Carmen and Dos de Mayo, towards the the basilica again. At the end of the procession, the dancers will cross the San Fermín arch.
Afterwards, the Comparsa de Gigantes and Cabezudos will resume its tour through the streets of Carmen, Navarrería, Curia, Compañía, Merced, Tejería, Estafeta, Duque de Ahumada, Carlos III, Plaza del Castillo, Paseo Sarasate, Alhóndiga, Tudela, Conde Oliveto. and Plaza de la Paz, until you pick up again at the bus station. They will remain there until the feast of San Saturnino, on November 29.
For its part, once the mass is over, the Duguna Municipal Dance Group will accompany the procession to the Consistorial Square where they will dance the Sword Dance around 1:15 p.m. Behind them, the ezpata-txikis dance their zortziko again accompanied by the captain.
