One of the contestants on "Jeopardy" last night told Alex and the audience his interesting experience. He ran with the bulls - teams of female roller derby skaters - who wore horns glued to their helmets and whacked the runners with wiffle bats in New Orleans. He admitted that it was, of course, much safer than the real deal in Pamplona, but added rather ruefully that a wiffle bat delivers quite a smack.
Never having heard of this quaint custom, I set off to find out more about it. It's a three day event held in New Orleans and starts with a cocktail party Friday night; the running of the "bulls" Saturday morning and an afternoon event called the Festival of the Pants and finally Sunday's recap of the whole thing called "Poor Me." Live bands, strippers, more food and drink mark this occasion.
Contestants must wear white clothing with red material (scarf, strip of cloth) at the waist and neck to mimic the outfits worn by contestants in Pamplona.
Two team captains of the Big Easy Rollergirls (BERG): Brutalicious, Rest N Peaces.
We missed it this year, but here are the dates for 2018: July 13th to July 15th. For more information visit nolabulls.com It's safer than actually being there.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment