Showing posts with label Festivals and traditions-Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festivals and traditions-Spain. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Halloween and All Saints' Day
Talking about our own festivals and those ones which have been incorporated to our culture, we told students to work in teams and give a presentation in class comparing Halloween and All Saints' Day.
They must pay special attention to :
-When they take place.
-What they celebrate
-What people do.
-Typical food.
Useful links:
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/all-saints-day
Food for thought: Are we losing our national identity by celebrating festivals which are not original of our own country?We'll discuss about it in class.
Students' works
Monday, February 26, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
St John's Eve
https://pixabay.com/es/noche-de-san-juan-hoguera-fuego-1665529/
John’s day is officially celebrated on 23 June at night. This day commemorates St John’s birth. But why the 24th if we don’t exactly know what day he was born? This holiday is celebrated on June 24 because it is exactly 6 months before Christmas Eve.
What is the origin of this holiday?
Before, people believe that the sun was in love with earth and that it couldn’t bare to be apart from it. This is one of the main reasons that we celebrate this holiday on the 24 June, the last day of spring. We could also explain the origin of this holiday with the superstition that this day was the ideal day to get rid of bad spirits and attract good ones. This is why fire is used during this famous celebration.
With the arrival of Christianism, St. John’s day is celebrated differently. It is said that Zechariah ordered a bomb fire to be lit to announce the birth of his child, this happened to be the same day as the summer solstice. To commemorate this date, Christians lit a bomb fire and practiced rituals around it.
The
main theme of St John’s day is fire. Countries all over the world
celebrate this holiday differently but they mainly use fire. From
fireworks to bomb fires, St John’s day is definitely “a hot holiday”.
Do you celebrate it where you live? Did you find the origin of this holiday interesting? Leave a comment about you think about this topic.
(By Haydn Cannon)
Do you celebrate it where you live? Did you find the origin of this holiday interesting? Leave a comment about you think about this topic.
(By Haydn Cannon)
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Christmas emails
"Dear Soleil,
I am Lidia Ferrer Pérez and I am going to tell you how I spend my Christmas here in Spain.
As I am a student and my vacation begins on December 22nd.
In my city, Málaga, on 24th November the whole city is already decorated, and even before, but that day, in the main street, Marqués de Larios, there is a show of lights to which many people go to visit. I love to see it, and every time I can, I go there to see it.
Then, on 24th December it is Christmas Eve, that day my family and I will meet at my grandparents' house and we will all have dinner. Next day, December 25th we will be again spending the day together celebrating Christmas Day.
Here in Spain, Santa Claus comes on the night of December 24th, but my family and I never celebrate it.
On 31st December we celebrate the New Year´s Eve, a night in which I will also meet my family for dinner together, celebrating the end of the year and the new beginning of another one. On that night it is very important to have the twelve grapes, one grape per second in the last twelve seconds before it is twelve o´clock.
The next day, after having spent the whole night with my family, I will be with them again and we will spend the day together.
To finish with, we have 5th and 6th January. On Epiphany Eve, The Three Wise Men come to bring us some gifts so that, when we wake up the next day, January 6th, we can open them. Epiphany day is a celebration that is held here in Spain; the three kings are Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar.The day before, we can visit some parades where there are floats with the kings throwing sweets to all children and people who come.
As I am a student and my vacation begins on December 22nd.
In my city, Málaga, on 24th November the whole city is already decorated, and even before, but that day, in the main street, Marqués de Larios, there is a show of lights to which many people go to visit. I love to see it, and every time I can, I go there to see it.
Then, on 24th December it is Christmas Eve, that day my family and I will meet at my grandparents' house and we will all have dinner. Next day, December 25th we will be again spending the day together celebrating Christmas Day.
Here in Spain, Santa Claus comes on the night of December 24th, but my family and I never celebrate it.
On 31st December we celebrate the New Year´s Eve, a night in which I will also meet my family for dinner together, celebrating the end of the year and the new beginning of another one. On that night it is very important to have the twelve grapes, one grape per second in the last twelve seconds before it is twelve o´clock.
The next day, after having spent the whole night with my family, I will be with them again and we will spend the day together.
To finish with, we have 5th and 6th January. On Epiphany Eve, The Three Wise Men come to bring us some gifts so that, when we wake up the next day, January 6th, we can open them. Epiphany day is a celebration that is held here in Spain; the three kings are Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar.The day before, we can visit some parades where there are floats with the kings throwing sweets to all children and people who come.
Love ".
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"Hi Phimphisa!
My name is Poli, I’m 17 years old and I’m from Spain but my parents are from Bulgaria. I’m going to tell you about what I do at Christmas in Málaga. On Christmas eve I’m going to be just with my parents, because all my family live in Bulgaria, in the last years I have been to Bulgaria but this year I won’t.
I really like to put up Christmas tree and decorate the house but I don’t like to take down the decorations and the Christmas tree. On Christmas day, 25th December I open the presents from Father Christmas.
In the center of Málaga, in Larios street, the hall town put a lot of Christmas lights and at 9 pm it starts music and the lights going on and off at the same time of the music. It’s like New York on Christmas, the lights have the same form and do the same but with different music and the shapes and pictures of the lights are different too. It’s wonderful! you have to see it.
On the New Year’s eve I have dinner with my parents and later I go out with my friends to a party.
On 5th of January in Spain we celebrate Epiphany eve. In the morning of 6th January the children open the presents and are very happy.
I’m attaching you a link where you can see videos of the lights in Larios street.
I really like to put up Christmas tree and decorate the house but I don’t like to take down the decorations and the Christmas tree. On Christmas day, 25th December I open the presents from Father Christmas.
In the center of Málaga, in Larios street, the hall town put a lot of Christmas lights and at 9 pm it starts music and the lights going on and off at the same time of the music. It’s like New York on Christmas, the lights have the same form and do the same but with different music and the shapes and pictures of the lights are different too. It’s wonderful! you have to see it.
On the New Year’s eve I have dinner with my parents and later I go out with my friends to a party.
On 5th of January in Spain we celebrate Epiphany eve. In the morning of 6th January the children open the presents and are very happy.
I’m attaching you a link where you can see videos of the lights in Larios street.
Well, what about your Christmas? I would like to know about Christmas in Poland.
Love "
(By Poli Todoroba)
Monday, January 15, 2018
Christmas in Spain
Credits:
-Nativity scene: https://goo.gl/images/d3KQp1
-Christmas tree: https://goo.gl/images/C74jBB
-Plaza del sol in Madrid: https://goo.gl/images/22D92t
-The one with the grapes: https://goo.gl/images/51qzzH
-The Three Wise Men: https://goo.gl/images/RWTtmk
-The king cake: https://goo.gl/images/UXh6eK
-The others pictures are taken by me.
I couldn't find a link for the background music, but I've searched in the app that I've used and it says that although the music has copyright there is no problem if we don't use it for commercial use:
Monday, December 11, 2017
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