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EspañaFun Facts Day
The Running of the Bulls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agDZMWH8oS8
Because of the need to move the Bulls from the stable to the bullring for festivals like San Fermines in Pamplona, the practice of running with or corraling the Bulls towards the bull ring developed into a long-standing competitive tradition of out-running the Bulls.
Bull-Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNW48fT4CAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3-gO9xqRs
Matadores, or bull fighters, dress in elaborate costumes and perform fine-tuned steps or passes to dance around the Bulls in the ring. Their work is viewed as a fine art form with an element of risk or danger rather than a bloody sport. Many in Spain and Portugal consider bull fighting to be an art like dancing, painting or music that requires lots of practice and skill.
El baile flamenco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxzU5EqNL14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNhfV_53W7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLFH01qJT3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLFH01qJT3k
• Spanish gypies of Arab origin created this dance to make money during the time when the Arabs, Spaniards and Jews struggled for control over the Iberian peninsula
• Depicts sadness: 3 movements of the dance in which dancer is downtrodden, then realizes it and rebels against it, then finally overcomes his/her opressors
Commonly Used Expressions in Spain “Vosotros”—A pronoun and a form of verbs that is plural; it can be equated to the term “ya’ll” as it is only used in Spain
Boli—In Spanish, a pen is called a pluma or a boligrafo. In Spain they shorten this and refer to a pen as a boli
Tomar el pelo—This expression is similar to the the expression “pull one’s leg” in English, and it means “make fun of” (For example: No me tomes el pelo= Don’t make fun of me).
Móvil—In Spain, everyone refers to their cellphone as this (like mobile)
Commonly Used Expressions in Spain Echarme una siesta—This literally means “take a nap”
“Voy a echarme una siesta”= I’m going to take a nap
“Quiero echarme una siesta”= I want to take a nap
Vale—OK
!Qué guay!—Cool!
Maja/Majo—describes someone as really nice/kind “Es una chica maja”= She’s a
really great girl “Es majo”= He’s really nice
Tapas—Small portions of foods like appetizers, but lots of them