Nuestro país y nuestras tradiciones IES Afonso X O Sabio

1. SPAIN

2. Where’sSpain?
Spain is a country in the South of Europe that is
between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

3. History
● Spain was inhabited by the Iberians, Celts,
Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans,
Visigoths, Muslims…
● In Spain apart from Spanish, there are several co-
official languages such as Galician, Basque and
Catalan.

4. Festivities
The most important festivities in Spain are:
Easter, Sanfermines of Pamplona, April Fair of Seville,
The Fiesta del Pilar in Zaragoza…
All of these festivities
are usually held for
religious reasons.

5. SANFERMINES IN PAMPLONA
FIESTA DEL PILAR IN ZARAGOZA

6. Typicalfoodanddrink
The omelette is the most famous food, and the sangría
the most famous drink.

7. Traditionalmusic
You can´t generalise when you are talking about the
traditional Spanish music, because there are different
autonomous communities and each one has inherited
different genres like flamenco, jotas, muiñeiras...

8. Galicia
Galicia is an autonomous community in Spain, located in
the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

9. Languages
In Galicia, the official languages are Galician and
Spanish.
Galician is a language that is similar to Portuguese
because in one day they were a unique language.

10. ST.JAMESWAY
St. James Way is a pilgrimage route to the shrine of
the Apostle St. James in The Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostela in Galicia. Many people take this route as
a form of spiritual path or retreat for their spiritual
growth.

11. THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
PILGRIMS CANES

12. Galiciantraditions
In Galicia, we find many traditions and festivities related
to food, religion, dance, legends… Some examples are:
“MAGOSTO” “SAN JUAN”

13. “SANJUAN”
The night on 23rd June people make a bonfire (many
people do it on the beach) and then they jump it to scare
away spirits.
It´s typical to eat sardines, steak and to do the
“Queimada”

14. Carnival
It´s a festivity in the whole of Spain but in Galicia there is a
traditional costume that many people wear, especially in the
south of Galicia.
At this time people usually wear costumes and go to parades
and to costume parties.

15. TYPICALCARNIVALFOOD
In Carnival we usually eat “filloas”, “orejas”,
“rosquillas” and “cocido”.

16. Galician music and dances
The most typical music and dance are muiñeiras that are
characterized by bagpipes and high-pitched voices of
women.
Iria Roca Vázquez
Alejandra Tellado Prieto
Emma Carro Gómez
Mateo Suárez Gil
Selene Fernández Lorenzo
Karen Suárez Rumbo