Friday, February 2, 2018
Las Celebraciones Interesantes
En los Estados Unidos celebramos "Groundhog Day." Es una celebración...diferente. Hay celebraciones diferentes en los países hispanohablantes también. Descubre una celebración diferente. Describan en inglés (por lo mínimo 5 frases completas) en sus propias palabras. Incluyen el sitio de web con más información de su celebración. No repitan las celebraciones.
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Las Fallas de Valencia is a celebration in Spain. It celebrates the arrival of Saint José on March 19th. It lasts five days and consists of fireworks, hand- built creations made from wood and paper mache filled with firecrackers, bullfights, parades, beauty pageants and many contests. The creations that contain the firecrackers often cost up to 75,000 dollars to create and take almost a whole year to build. Many of them are several stories tall. On the last day, people use axes, chop holes in the statues and stuff them with fireworks. At midnight, they are all set on fire. To prevent buildings from being caught on fire, firemen put fireproof tarps on their storefronts.
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Why do they set all of their hard work on fire? It doesn't make sense to me that they would do all of that work and then destroy it.
DeleteLa Tomatina, Buñol is a celebration in Spain. It is known as a "tomato war".This fight lasts about two hours. The celebration is outside of Valencia in a town of Buñol. It is celebrated every August on the last Wednesday of the month. This is just an event in the week long festival to honor their patron saint.
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What do they do with the tomatos? Do they throw them at each other?
DeleteWhy do tomatos relate to honoring a saint?
DeleteThe Cascamorras festival is celebrated in the towns of Guadix and Baza in Spain. It is celebrated on September 6 in Baza and September 9 in Guadix. The celebration is where people run around the streets and pour black olive oil on each other to reenact the stealing of the statue of the "Virgen de la Piedad". About 20,000 people participate. It has been declared a Festival of International Tourism interest.
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Do people enjoy doing this? This seems like a very messy festival to clean up.
DeleteHow does black oilive oil relate to the stealing of the statue? Was the statue important?
DeleteHow long does the celebration normally last?
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ReplyDeleteThe Fireball Festival (Las Bolas de Fuego) is celebrated every August 31st in Nejapa, El Salvador. The festival is a reenactment of the fight between San Jeronimo and the devil. Two teams of young men, with their faces covered by war paint, throw flaming fireballs at each other, surrounded by hundreds of bystanders. In 1922, when the people of Nejapa had to flee an exploding volcano they looked back and saw "fireballs" flying out. They then believed that San Jeronimo was fighting back against the devil. The festival has been celebrated ever since.
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Why throw flaming fireballs at one another? Wouldn't this injury a lot of people including some of the bystanders? Also has anyone died doing this?
DeleteThe contestant's clothes are soaked in water so that it reduces the chance of their clothes catching on fire. There have been few injures that have occurred at the festival and no one has died.
DeleteI don't get the fireballs? Just doesn't seem like a fun time to me lol
DeleteThe Grape Harvest Festival is a celebration that takes place in central Chile. The celebration reaches it highest peak in the final weeks of March. In the town of Curicó a ceremony blesses the first batch of pulped grapes. After that is done there is a parade. Like our Johnny Appleseed there is a queen crowned. But the queen gets crowned from her grape stomping skills.
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Why is the celebration about grapes? Are they an important or popular fruit in Chile?
DeleteWhy is the Queen chosen by her grape stomping skills? Is there a deeper meaning to the idea?
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ReplyDeleteThe Día de la Constitución is a celebration that takes place because of the Mexican Revolution. This holiday is to celebrate the Constitution. This constitution was signed on February 5, 1917. This holiday makes the week a three day weekend which is called a "puente" spanish. Lastly they celebrate this holiday with parades and festivals.
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Do they celebrate this day with fireworks the way Americans do?
DeleteIs there any special types of food they eat during the celebration?
DeleteAntzar Eguna ,or Geese Day in English, is celebrated in the Basque fishing town of Lekeito every September. It is a competition to see who can rip the head off of a dead goose. The geese are greased and suspended on a rope over the town harbor. The men are in a small fishing boat and once they grab hold of the bird, they are also suspended mid-air and then dunked back into the water. Suspenders controlling the rope try to shake them loose as they are in the water.
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Where did it originate? Why is this a celebration?
DeleteWhy would people want to rip off the head of a dead goose? What is the purpose?
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ReplyDeleteLas Posadas is celebration that can be found in Mexico and/or Central America. It takes place December 16th through December 24th. It is to commemorate the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and their search for somewhere to stay. These nine days can be used for family and friends to get together at a Christmas party or can be used to sing at peoples door with a group including a Mary and Joseph to ask for lodging. They sing until they are accepted at a place and once inside they take turns hitting the piñata while warming up with ponche and tamales.
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San Fermín is a week long festival in Pamplona, Spain. It begins on the 6th of July at noon and ending on July 14th at midnight. This festival honors the Saint Fermín, who was beheaded in France. They have events like running bulls and bull fights. They also have a parade of giants and big heads, and they have fireworks.
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Who are the giant heads of? Anybody important or just random heads?
DeleteDia de Reyes is celebrated on January 6th. The date marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and is when the 3 wise men would be arriving to baby Jesus. Mexican children celebrate the holiday by giving and receiving gifts. The holiday is also know as Epiphany. This dates back to the 4th century. One tradition is to make Rosca de Reyes (kings cake), the food is made in the shape of a crown. Inside the cake is a little figuring of Jesus. Whoever gets it, hosts the party of Dia de Reyes the next year.
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La Semana Santa is celebrated during the week leading up to Easter Sunday. It is celebrated in almost every Spanish-speaking country. It is also called "Holy Week". You celebrate it with prayers and masses in preparation for Easter Sunday, with Easter being a very Catholic holiday. People will carry crosses on their backs in honor of Jesus before his crucifixion.
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Are there any other traditions during this week? Seems to be such little events for a week long celebration.
DeletePongal is a celebration in India. The celebration gives thanks fro nature and is held from January to February. This is during harvest time in India. The celebrations include boiling rice and topping it with harvested items, throwing away old clothes, and taming a wild bull. Some people also visit amusement parks and beaches for the celebration.
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ReplyDeleteThe Colacho is celebrated in the village of Castrillo de Mucia, near Burgos. It was celebrated for the first time in 1620. It celebrates the Catholic party of Corpus Christi. Men Men wear devil costumes and jump over babies to free them from sin and cleanse their souls. Priests also put holy water on babies.
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