Presentation for project Flamenco dress

1. SPANISH
CULTURE
BEÁTA SZITÁSOVÁ & NINA
FRANTOVÁ
II.CO – SPOJENÁ ŠKOLA
TOKAJÍCKA 24 BRATISLAVA

2. WHERE IS SPAIN
LOCATED?
• Spain, coutry is located in extreme
southwestern Europe
• It occupies about 85 precent of the
Iberian Peninsula, which it shares
with its smaller neighbour Portugal
• Its a storied country of stone
castles, snowcapped mountains,
vast monuments, and
sophisticated cities
• Its heartland is the Meseta, a broad
central plateau half a mile above
sea level

3. THE HISTORY OF
SPAIN When was Spain first discovered?
• The Reconquista, the battle between the
Christian kingdoms and the Moors
lasted until 1492, and in 1512 the
unification of present-day Spain was
completed. During the 16th century,
Spain became the most powerful nation
in Europe, due to the immense wealth
derived from their possessions in the
Americas.
Who founded Spain?
• By 1100 b.C. Phoenicians arrived to the
peninsula and founded colonies, the
most important of which was Gadir
(today's Cadiz), Malaca (today's Malaga)
and Abdera (today's Adra, in Almeria).
Also Greeks founded colonies in
southern Spain and along the

4. TRADITIONS IN
SPAIN
• Some of the first things that might come to
mind when a person thinks of a Spanish
tradition include the bullfight, the siesta and
flamenco dancers. For some, the Running of
the Bulls in Pamplona also tops the list.
Pamplona, a small city in Spain's northern
Basque region, holds its annual Running of
the Bulls as part of a religious festival to
honor St. Fermin, the patron saint of the
city.
• A fighting bull runs behind participants
during the Running of the Bulls in
Pamplona, Spain. For eight days, bulls run
through the historic heart of Pamplona in
this fiesta made famous by the 1926 novel

5. LA FIESTA DE TOMALIN
• Although La Fiesta de Tomatin does not
hold the same allure and provenance as
Pamplona's bull running, it is a popular
tradition nonetheless. The battle takes
place about 30 miles [48.28 kilometers]
outside of Valencia, home of the sweet
and juicy Valencia tomato.
• While many Spanish traditions date back
centuries, the Fiesta de Tomatin is a
relative newcomer to Spain. It began 60
years or so ago when a group of friends
started a tomato fight in the center of
Bunol. Why the fight ensued remains a
mystery. Today, the battle, in which
combatants fling more than 150,000

6. TRADITIONAL DANCES
• Spanish culture and traditions are also
conveyed by the traditional music and
dances that the Spanish do not hesitate to
highlight during the many cultural events.
Flamenco, Jota, Copla, Fandango, Paso
doble and Muñeira are all styles (dances
and music) that you will discover during
your stay in Spain.
• Religious festivals also occupy an important
place in the life of the Spaniards who do
not hesitate to organise, every year, all
kinds of religious cults, such as the feast of
Saint Fermin or the Holy Week of Palencia.
Other cultural events also animate the
streets of the Spanish towns and villages to
the delight of travellers, such as the Moros
y Cristianos held every August in Valencia,
Flamenco dance

7. JOTA DANCE FANDANGO
DANCE

8. PASO DOBLE DANCE MUÑEIRA
DANCE

9. SPANISH CUISINE
Paella Valenciana
• Paella is perhaps the most famous
Spanish dish of all, and certainly one of
the most abused. Authentic paella
originates from the region around
Valencia, and comes in two varieties:
Paella Valenciana, with rabbit and
chicken; and seafood paella.
• Saffron gives the rice its color, and the
base should be left to crisp into a mouth-
watering black crust, called the socarrat.
Always eaten at lunchtime.

10. GAZPACHO
• This tomato-based Andalusian
soup is most famous for being
served cold. This can be quite a
shock for those who aren't
expecting it, but in the searing
heat of a Seville summer, the
attraction becomes clear.
• Its principal ingredients, aside
from tomato, are peppers, garlic,
bread and lots of olive oil.

11. CHURROS
• Churros are a popular snack
made from fried dough pastry,
cut into sausage shapes and
doused in sugar. They're a
favorite at fiestas, or street
parties, when they're sold by
roadside vendors.
• Dipping them in hot melted
chocolate is pretty much the law.

12. TRADITION
DRESS
FLAMENCO DRESS
• The flamenco dress, also known as
sevillana dress or gypsy dress, is also the
clothing that flamenco dancers wear is their
performances and is one of the most
characteristic and colorful elements of this
universal art.
• Its roots are in Seville and in the custom
that had the peasants and gypsy women, of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, to wear a robe with ruffles as a
uniform to do their chores

13. WHAT COLORS ARE THE MOST
COMMO IN FLAMENCO DRESS ?
• The dress is typically brightly colored,
usually in black, red or may be either plain
or patterned with the most famous being
the polka dotted traje de lunares.
Traditionally the outfit is completed with a
shawl ( mantón de Manila ) worn over the
shoulders

14. WHY POLKA DOTS
?
• Women believed that sewing small
rounds mirrors on clothing would
hepl avert the evil eye. Round
mirrored sequins remain very
popular in Asian traditional
costume. In Spain the mirrors (
called „lunares“ little moons ) were
eventually supplanted by dots

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