San Fermin

 

The fiesta of San Fermin, held in Pamplona , Spain , is a celebration of religion and culture.

This celebration includes bullfights, trade fairs, and running with bulls held every day for nine days in the month of July. This celebration has been held every year since 1951 and is a great economic draw for the city.

Click on the link to hear the San Fermin song

Uno de enero

Dos de febrero

Tres de marzo

Cuatro de abril

Cinco de mayo

Seis de junio

Siete de julio

San Fermin

A group of students from the Gardens School made a video about the San Fermin festival.

"Las celebraciones en español son divertidas"

Here is the link to our movie:

We chose the Festival of San Fermin because we had learned a bit about bullfighting when we listened to Kea 2's debates and we wanted to find out more about why it was important to the Spanish people. We discovered that bullfighting, in Pamplona, is part of a much bigger festival and we wanted to try to experience something of the excitement of the festival.

Script for San Fermín movie

Rebekah - ¡Oye amigos! ¡Estoy muy emocionada! Hey guys! I’m really excited!

Richard - ¿Por qué? Why?

Rebekah – Porque mi madre dijo que vamos a ir a Pamplona el año que viene. Because my mother said that we are going to go to Pamplona next year.

Richard – ¿Por qué Pamplona? Why Pamplona?

Rebekah – Hay un festival allí cada año, llamado San Fermín. There is a festival there every year, called San Fermin.

Richard - ¿Qué fecha es el festival de San Fermín? What date is the festival of San Fermin?

Rebekah –El siete hasta al catorce de julio. Pero la fiesta se abre en el 6 de julio en mediodía, con un chupinazo. The 7th July until the 14 July, but the party begins in the 6th July at midday, with a sky rocket.

Hunter - ¿Dónde está Pamplona? Where is Pamplona?

Rebekah – En el norte de España. In the north of Spain.

Mighael - ¿Cómo es el festival de San Fermín? What is the festival of San Fermin like?

Rebekah – Hay desfiles, música, baile, bandas, unas corridas de toros, y cada mañana, los encierros. There are parades, music, dancing, bands, bull fights, and every morning the running of the bulls.

Mighael – Quiero ir a un encierro. I want to go to a bull run.

Hunter - Yo también. Me too.

Richard – Para mí, quiero ver una corrida de toro. Me, I want to see a bull fight.

Mighael - ¿Quién es San Fermín? Who is San Fermin?

Richard – Él es el Patrón Santo de Pamplona. He is the Patron Saint of Pamplona.

Todos – ¡Viva San Fermín!

Another video about Las Fiestas de San Fermin

Carnaval de Cádiz

Cada año en febrero en Cádiz (Este año no tendremos carnaval ) hay una fiesta más grande se llama 'Carnaval de Cádiz'. 

Cádiz is a city in the southwest of Spain and is the oldest inhabited city in Spain and one of the oldest in Western Europe. The city was founded in 1100 BC by the Phoenicians.

The carnival is believed to have been inspired by the carnival of Venice – a city with which Cádiz enjoyed prosperous trading relationships in the 16th century when its port was one of the most important in Spain.

The carnival contains street shows  (Flamenco en Cádiz ), dance and singing, diverse gastronomic (food) events,

 

parades, humorous singing shows, dance parties with fancy clothes in open air, firework displays, etc…   

Carnaval                           

The most significant events in the carnival are two giant parades with the participation of the crowd:                                                         The first parade is called Gran Cabalgata (Great Parade) takes place on the first Sunday of the carnival. It attracts more than ten thousand visitors.   

                                                                                     

The second Parade is Cabalgata del Humor (Comedy Parade). It is held on the last week of the carnival.

Piñatas

Piñata - Wikipedia

A piñata (/pɪnˈjɑːtə/, Spanish pronunciation: [piˈɲata]  is a container often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth; it is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico.

Click on the link to learn how to make
 3 different Piñatas

This method uses a cereal box

History of the Piñata

Cinco de Mayo 2020

Click on this link for Cinco de Mayo information

Draw a sombrero

Mexican Hat Dance music

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by making tacos!

                                  Video on making Tacos
Recipe:

Beef Tacos

1 lb (1/2 kilo) ground beef
1 cup water
1 package taco seasoning mix  (approx 2-3 tbsp)
12 hard or soft taco shells
Toppings like:  shredded cheese, chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, chopped onion, salsa, chopped green onions

Brown ground beef in a non-stick skillet.  Drain.  Stir in water and seasoning mix.  Simmer uncovered for 5 -10 minutes, until slightly thickened.  Serve with warmed soft or hard taco shells.

If you want to be really clever, you could make your own taco seasoning:

Mix all the ingredients together and hey presto!

1 tsp  chile powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cumin ground

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp oregano 

1/2 tsp coriander ground

1/4 tsp black pepper 

NZALT Poster Competition

Poster Competition Why learn a language? International Languages Week: Week 7 (25 - 29 May), term 2, 2020   Please note that the date for International Languages Week has changed to 25 - 29 May to reflect the change to the term 2 dates for 2020 due to Covid-19 school closures. NZALT is pleased to announce the following activities for students and schools to participate in which celebrate all of the languages taught in New Zealand. A poster competition is being run by NZALT in conjunction with International Languages Week. Please note that this competition is open to the schools of NZALT members only. See the poster below for further details. Students are able to post or email their posters directly to Christine Williams, Secretary NZALT, but they must give the name and address of their school as well as their name.

Semana Santa

LA SEMANA SANTA EN ESPAÑA

The Spanish word for 'Easter' is Pascua.

 The seven days leading up to Easter Sunday are called
Holy Week, or La Semana Santa in Spanish.  All over Spain, it is a week of spectacular street processions (procesiones).

The first day of La Semana Santa is Palm Sunday.
In Spanish, it is el Domingo de Ramos.
The word ramos means 'bouquets' and 'branches.'

On the morning of el Domingo de Ramos, most Spanish people go to church 

In Spain, when you go to church on Palm Sunday you carry a palm branch or an olive branch.
Boys carry a plain branch and girls carry one that has been decorated with ribbons and sweets.  The branches are then blessed by the priest.

During La Semana Santa, starting on el Domingo de Ramos, Spanish towns have street parades every day.
In the processions, people carry and follow floats,
known as pasos. 

On the floats, there are statues of Jesús and La Virgen María.  The floats are beautifully decorated with flowers, gold, silver, candles and fine fabrics.

The heavy floats are carried by men called costaleros.  These men have the very difficult job of carrying the extremely heavy weight of the float.
The costaleros practise for months so that the rhythm and speed of how they walk is perfect for the processions of Holy Week.
Los costaleros must carry the weight of the float on their shoulders and neck.  In order to do this, their heads and shoulders are protected by a cushioned
head scarf called un costal.

The floats (los pasos) are followed and surrounded by people known as nazarenos.
  Los nazarenos are men, women and children who wear long robes. These people are unrecognisable because they wear veils to cover their faces. The veil is called un antifaz
and it is usually draped over a tall, cone shaped hat
known as un capirote.

During the processions, often you will hear someone singing a special Easter song called una saeta.  It is sung without music and it has a very special sound.  It is sung in the open air to the statues of the procession.  The singer's voice seems to be carried for a long distance, filling the air, for everyone to hear. 

Click HERE to watch a video of the teenage flamenco singer María Carrasco as she sings una saeta.

On Maundy Thursday (el Jueves Santo) all the church bells are tied so that they remain silent.  They do not ring again until Easter Day.  

On el Jueves Santo, (Maundy Thursday), in the town of Verges, in Cataluña, there is a very famous event every year.  It is a skeleton dance!
It is called La Dansa de la Mort.  Two adults and three children dress up in skeleton costumes and dance to a drum beat. 

On el Viernes Santo, (Good Friday), meat is not eaten. That is why dishes for this day are made with fish and vegetables. Popular foods for Good Friday in Spain are
sopa de ajo (garlic soup) and potaje de vigilia ( a stew of cod, chick peas and spinach.)

 During the period of Easter in Spain, torrijas are eaten.  These are thick slices of bread, soaked in milk and beaten egg, fried in olive oil and served with sugar or honey.

A popular cake of celebration to eat on Easter Day  is called La Mona de Pascua.  It is decorated with coloured feathers and big chocolate figurines. 
Cake shops compete to see who can make the most impressive monas to place in their shop windows! 
Nowadays, the monas are so ambitious and wonderful, that they even talk about them on the television news!  Some monas look like sculptures carved out of chocolate.
  ¡Ñam ñam!
Traditionally, godparents give una mona to their godchild as a gift for Easter Day.

During the happy days of Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, it is the tradition to eat lamb. 
Lamb, el cordero, is the traditional meat for
Easter Day in Spain. 
Paella is also popular.

Ahora, go to the Feliz Pascua page at the top of this blog to answer some questions.

Todo Sobre Mi

Click on the link for examples on how to give information about yourself

https://divertirsespanol.blogspot.com/2015/08/todo-sobre-mi.html