Campanadas 2013

Here you have 2013 Campanadas

¡A bailar flamenco! Let´s dance flamenco

Step 1: Cojo la manzana

Step 2: La miro.

Step 3: La muerdo.

Step 4: La tiro.

Step 5: La piso.

Step 6: ¡Olé!

Vivir en España / Living in Spain

Ciudades / Cities - Towns

Zaragoza

Madrid

Barcelona 

Pueblos / Villages 

Roncal (Norte de España) (North of Spain)

Casares ( Sur de España) ( South of Spain) 

Flamenco / Flamenco Dance

Flamenco is a genre of music, song and dance from Andalusia in southern Spain, noted for its energetic, staccato style. It grew from Andalusian music, song and dance styles and the song and dance of the local Romani people.^[1][2][3]
The cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), dance and palmas (handclaps) are the principal facets of flamenco.
In recent years flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many countries; in Japan flamenco is so popular there are more academies there than in Spain.^[4][5] On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared Flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.^[6]

1.The amazing grace and power of Flamenco, performed by Celina Zambon

 

2. Sara Baras, flamenco dancer 

3.  Flamenco guitar and dance

 

Dia de las fuerzas armadas / Veterans' Day,

To commemorate this special day, a special parade is held in la Plaza de Colon, in Madrid, led by the Spanish military and followed by the King and the Royal Family. A wide array of other authorities, from foreign diplomats positioned in Spain to the presidents of the Autonomous governments, are invited to attend this parade. There is a parade organized by the Spanish Armed forces.

1. Dia de las fuerzas armadas: 

Los reyes Magos/ The three wise men

After Chistmas, we were learning about Spanish Christmas traditions: The three wise men parade and 'Las campanadas'.

1. Los Reyes Magos / The three wise men

According to Christian beliefs, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity celebrations of Christmas and are an important part of the Christian tradition. Their names are:

• Melchior (also Melichior^[7]), a Persian scholar
• Caspar (also Gaspar, Jaspar, Jaspas, Gathaspa,^[7] and other variations), a Indian scholar
• Balthazar (also Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea^[7]), an Arabian scholar

Película de los Reyes Magos

2. Cabalgata de Reyes 

La cabalgata de Reyes / The Cavalcade of Magi is a traditional parade of kings coaches, practically in all Spanish cities and also in some cities and towns in Mexico. The Magi (of which tradition holds there were three: Melchior, Gaspar, and Baltasar) ride through the streets, as their page boys throw candies to children.
It is celebrated every January 5 (the day preceding the feast of Epiphany) in the evening. When the night comes the children must go to bed early after cleaning their shoes and the following morning they have the gifts of the Magi that they have requested before in a letter. According to this tradition, the children who have behaved badly during the last year receive coal candy rather than toys.
The great cavalcade of Madrid is retransmitted live on TVE 1 (the public Spanish broadcaster) every year. The cavalcade of Alcoy is the oldest in the world and is a major draw of international tourism for Spain.

La cabalgata de Reyes

Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day or Columbus Day in the USA)

El Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day or Columbus Day in the USA) is the national holiday of Spain. It is celebrated on October 12 and commemorates the exact date that Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) first set foot in the Americas.



To commemorate this special day, a special parade is held in la Plaza de Colon, in Madrid, led by the Spanish military and followed by the King and the Royal Family. A wide array of other authorities, from foreign diplomats positioned in Spain to the presidents of the Autonomous governments, are invited to attend this parade. The Spanish Armed forces also fly through the air doing aerobatics with red and yellow smoke drawing images in for the crowd to see.

The Spanish Armed forces also fly through the air doing aerobatics with red and yellow smoke drawing images in for the crowd to see.

The discovery of America was so important for Spain because this is what started the expansion of the Spanish language and culture across to the newly found land. In Latin America, this holiday is also celebrated under the name Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) or Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) marking the first encounters of Europeans with Native Americans.