Spanish students made a literary work about one typical tradition from Catalonia

1. LITERARY WORK
OF “CASTANYADA”
LOLA ANGLADA SCHOOL
SPANISH TEAM

2. Castanyada Party
 In Spain we celebrate Castanyada the last week of October, this year is
the 30th of October.
 The tradition is to prepare castanyes in the fire ( chesnuts, you can see in
the Picture).
 In that days the weather is getting cold so it’s so comfortable to eat a warm
thing.

3. We select this story to work
a literary projet about this
month tradition.
The Students start reading
the story in their mother
tongue, spanish. Then we
divided the students in
groups and decided to
translate the story for our
Erasmus mates.

4.  CHESNUT STORY
Once upon a time, there was a brunette named Tana and she was very good. The children loved her very much
because when they did not have money, the chestnut tree gave them chestnuts and because she knew how to explain
some wonderful stories. When Tana told them a story, they closed their eyes and everything seemed real.
Tana looked forward to the arrival of autumn, when the leaves of the trees turn gold, the wind blows strong and the
leaves dance wildly in the fields. Then Tana would dress like a chestnut: with a flared skirt, a fitted blouse and a
headscarf. He would sit in his chair and start roasting chestnuts.
He roasted them slowly leaving a delicious smell around them.
Chestnuts, roasted chestnuts, Tana shouted
At dusk when the cold began to be more intense, he would return home and prepare the chestnuts for the next day.
Tana waited impatiently for All Saints' Day because she sold so many chestnuts at that time. But a few days before the
party, a strange lady with an angry face entered Tana's house.
She was another brunette, a sad and moody lady who was envious of Tana because the children did not buy her
chestnuts or offer her their smiles. The other brunette stole all the chestnuts from Tana and ran off.