DANCES NO WELL KNOWN TO NOWDAYS’

GENERATION

EUID Comenius Project

2.009 - 2011SPAIN

Possibly Spain is the country that has cultivated the dance from the most remote antiquity. People has invented the way for expressing through the music. Each place has its own and traditional music, own rythms or typical dancings, everything belongs to its folck. This painting is from Cogull, Lerida, North of Spain

Women dancing

“Puellae gaditanae”

The Romans had our dancers from Cadiz who were called “Puellae gaditanae” by the most beautiful and elegant dancers in the world.

In Málaga: The Verdiales

It is an ancient form, pre-flamenco. It's also one of the earliest forms of fandango.The verdiales were danced by the poor peasants whenthey collected their grape or olive oil harvest, as well in the weddings or in the Christenings.

The origin of the name

The origin of Verdiales is

uncertain, but like much of

Andalucían culture, it probably

has roots in the Arabic Music

Introduced by the Berbers in the

eighth century. The “Verdiales”

name can be two origings:• Verdial, a type of an olive oil• “Verdear” The action of

collecting olive oil.

Where do the verdiales come from?

The verdiales can come

from The Creta Island

(2800a.C) where its

men had the custom of

crowning themselves

with flowered hats

MANY MUSSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Its accompaniment: violin,guitars,mandolins smallcymbals-crótalos, castanetstambourines, etc., hasevolved from its origins, yetretaining its primitive natureof toughness and authenticityimpressive.

castanets

crótalos

mandolin

tambourines

guitar

violin

EL VITO from Códoba

Vito melody runs in three ofeight compass. The Vito issung with different lyrics,humorous or serious, amongwhich are well known thefollowing:It is a traditional dancing from (Córdoba)Andalusia, whosename refers to the diseas calledSaint Vitusdance: (Huntington'sdisease) by the animated andlively character of this dance.

The Muñeiras in Galicia ( North west of Spain

Galician music might owe some of its roots to the ancient Celtic history of the region, in which it is presumed that some of this ancient influence has survived despite the long evolution of the local musical traditions since then, and despite the centuries of Roman and Germanic influences.

THE JOTA (ARAGÓN).Northeast of Spain

The music of Aragon, like its culture, has through history absorbed Roman, Celtic, Moorish and French influences. Traditional instruments include bagipes, drumps,flutes, tambourines, rattles and, perhaps most distinctively, the guitar.

El Robao: A fandango from Baza(Granada)

Being a visual representation, the jota is danced and sung accompanied by castanets and the interpreters tend to wear regional costumes. The jota tends to have a 3/4 rhythm

CEIP PAULO FREIRE, MÁLAGA

Thanks to: Ms. María Dolores Music Teacher

& Javier Veredas Morente from 5th grade who started this

task.

Spanish Comenius Team Coordinator Adoración Peinado

• The citizens must keep our heritage folk

THE END