tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10140321350077773522024-03-14T03:42:48.778+01:00THE ENGLISH CLUBInglés para todos y para todos los nivelesFran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-40068455597008384672013-12-06T12:31:00.002+01:002013-12-06T12:31:24.154+01:00NELSON MANDELA DEATH<br />
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Nelson Mandela, who guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy and became an international icon of peace and reconciliation, died Thursday at age 95.</div>
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People around the world have been reacting to the news that South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, aged 95.</div>
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-85447579234294822462013-04-14T16:50:00.002+02:002015-03-02T15:00:28.400+01:00ABU ABDALLAH MUHAMMAD XII ( BOABDIL)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Abu `Abdallah Muhammad XII </span>(Arabic</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني عشر Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad al-thānī ‘ashar) (c. 1460 – c. 1533), known as <span style="color: yellow;">Boabdil</span> (a Spanish rendering of the name Abu Abdullah), was the twenty-second and last </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nasrid</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ruler of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Granada</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iberia</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. He was also called <i>el chico, the little, or el zogoybi, the unfortunate</i>. Son of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abu l-Hasan Ali</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, sultan of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emirate of Granada</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, he was proclaimed sultan in 1482 in place of his father, who was driven from the land.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Muhammad XII soon after sought to gain prestige by invading Castile. He was taken prisoner at Lucena in 1484. Between 1484 and 1487, he was held prisoner. Power returned to his father and then in 1485 to his uncle Muhammed XIII, also known as Abdullah el Zagal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He only obtained his freedom and support to recover his throne in 1487 by consenting to hold Granada as a tributary kingdom under </span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ferdinand and Isabella</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, king and queen of Castile and Aragon, and not to intervene in the Siege of Málaga (1487), in which Málaga was taken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1487 saw the fall of Baeza, Málaga and Almería. 1489 saw the fall of Almuñécar and Salobreña. By the beginning of 1491, Granada was the only Muslim-governed city in Spain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1491, Muhammad XII was summoned by Ferdinand and Isabella to surrender the city of Granada, and on his refusal it was besieged by the Castilians. Eventually, on 2 January 1492, Granada was surrendered. In most sumptuous attire the royal procession moved from Santa Fe to a place a little more than a mile from Granada, where Ferdinand took up his position by the banks of the Genil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legend has it that as the royal party moved south toward exile, they reached a rocky prominence which gave a last view of the city. Muhammad XII reined in his horse and, surveying for the last time the Alhambra and the green valley that spread below, burst into tears. When his mother approached him she said :<i>"<span style="color: yellow;">Thou dost weep like a woman for what thou couldst not defend as a man.</span></i><span style="color: yellow;">"ابك اليوم بكاء النساء على ملك لم تحفظه حفظ الرجال <i>Ibki l-yawma bukā'a n-nisā'i ʿalā mulkin lam taḥfuẓhu ḥifẓa r-rijāl</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The spot from which Muhammad XII looked for the last time on Granada is known as "the Moor's last sigh" (el último suspiro del Moro).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_XII_of_Granada">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_XII_of_Granada</a></span></div>
Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-3905123730214287752013-04-09T15:41:00.000+02:002015-03-02T15:02:42.263+01:00MARGARET THATCHER DIES<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Margaret Thatcher's death </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke while staying at the Ritz hotel in central London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.The ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155</a></span><br />
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-75449012341450904492013-02-28T21:27:00.001+01:002015-03-02T15:04:43.903+01:0028-F. THE DAY OF ANDALUSIA<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23-F was an attempted coup d'état in Spain that began on 23 February 1981 and ended on the following day. It is also known as El Tejerazo from the name of its most visible figure, Antonio Tejero, who led the failed coup's most notable event: the bursting into the Spanish Congress of Deputies by a group of 200 armed officers of the Guardia Civil during the process of electing Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo to be the country's new Prime Minister. King Juan Carlos I gave a nationally televised address denouncing the coup and urging the maintenance of law and the continuance of the democratically elected government. The coup soon collapsed. After holding the Parliament and cabinet hostage for 18 hours the hostage-takers surrendered the next morning without having harmed anyone.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-50379203007083925222013-02-10T20:18:00.001+01:002015-03-05T19:42:27.917+01:00VALENTINE`S DAY<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Valentine's Day is celebrated on 14th February, the feast day of St. Valentine. It is a traditional celebration in which lovers, partners and married couples express their love and affection for each other. In some countries it is known asThe Day of Lovers or The Day of Love and Friendship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Day of the Innocent Saints falls on the 28th of December. It is a festivity of religious origin. It is celebrated today as a fun and lighthearted day in which jokes are played on family and friends .It is the Spanish equivalent of April fools' day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boxing Day is the 26th December and is a national holiday in the UK and Ireland.</span></div>
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In Britain, it was a custom for tradesmen to collect "Christmas boxes" of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year.This is mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary entry for 19 December 1663. This custom is linked to an older English tradition: Since they would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, the servants of the wealthy were allowed the next day to visit their families. The employers would give each servant a box to take home containing gifts and bonuses, and sometimes leftover food</div>
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<br />Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-21032067213696657292012-11-19T16:00:00.000+01:002015-03-02T15:26:54.092+01:00HUMPTY DUMPTY<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>Humpty Dumpty</b></span> is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. Though not explicitly described, he is typically portrayed as an egg. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from the early nineteenth century and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's <span style="color: yellow;"><i>National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs</i></span>. Its origins are obscure and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings.</span></div>
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Humpty Dumpty was a colloquial term used in fifteenth century England describing someone who was obese. This has given rise to various, but inaccurate, theories surrounding the identity of Humpty Dumpty. The image of Humpty Dumpty was made famous by the illustrations included in the<i> <span style="color: yellow;">'Alice through the looking glass' </span></i>novel by Lewis Carroll. However, Humpty Dumpty was not a person pilloried in the famous rhyme!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><br /><br /><u>Lyrics</u><br /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,<br />Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.<br />All the king's horses and all the king's men<br />Couldn't put Humpty together again.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks are located in the Himalaya or the Karakoram ranges in Asia. According to Everestnews.com, only 14 climbers have reached the summits of all 14: Reinhold Messner (Italy) was first, followed by Jerzy Kukuczka (Poland), Ehardt Loretan (Switzerland), Carlos Carsolio (Mexico), Krzysztof Wielicki (Poland), Juan Oiarzabal (Spain), Sergio Martini (Italy), Park Young Seok (Korea), Hang-Gil Um (Korea), Alberto Inurrategui (Spain), Han Wang Yong (Korea), Ed Viesturs (U.S.), Alan Hinkes (British), and Silvio Mondinelli (Italy). I’ve always admired how some of the tallest mountains on Earth stitch even the most beautiful clouds, but I never had the curiosity to research and see which are the biggest mountain peaks, how people call them or exactly how tall they are. For those that don’t know, here is a list with world’s top 14 highest and a few details on each one. </span></div>
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-53792187633712116462012-11-01T21:49:00.001+01:002015-03-02T15:29:19.620+01:00INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH<ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<li style="text-align: justify;">The most common letter in English is <span style="color: yellow;">"e".</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The most common vowel in English is<span style="color: yellow;"> "e"</span>, followed by <span style="color: yellow;">"a"</span>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The most common consonant in English is<span style="color: yellow;"> "r"</span>, followed by <span style="color: yellow;">"t".</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Every syllable in English must have a vowel (sound). Not all syllables have consonants. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Only two English words in current use end in <span style="color: yellow;">"-gry"</span>. They are<span style="color: yellow;"> "angry"</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">"hungry".</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The word <span style="color: yellow;">"bookkeeper"</span> (along with its associate <span style="color: yellow;">"bookkeeping"</span>) is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like <span style="color: yellow;">"sweet-toothed"</span>, require a hyphen to be readily readable.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The word <span style="color: yellow;">"triskaidekaphobia"</span> means "fear of Friday the 13th". It also means "superstition about the number thirteen" in general.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">More English words begin with the letter <span style="color: yellow;">"s"</span> than with any other letter.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The word <span style="color: yellow;">"uncopyrightable"</span> is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a <span style="color: yellow;">"pangram".</span>The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet:<span style="color: yellow;"> "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."</span> This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The only word in English that ends with the letters <span style="color: yellow;">"-mt"</span> is <span style="color: yellow;">"dreamt"</span> (which is a variant spelling of <span style="color: yellow;">"dreamed"</span>) - as well of course as <span style="color: yellow;">"undreamt"</span> :)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">A word formed by joining together parts of existing words is called a "blend" (or, less commonly, a "portmanteau word"). Many new words enter the English language in this way. Examples are <span style="color: yellow;">"brunch" (breakfast + lunch); "motel" (motorcar + hotel); and "guesstimate" (guess + estimate).</span> Note that blends are not the same as compounds or compound nouns, which form when two whole words join together, for example: website, blackboard, darkroom.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The dot over the letter "i" and the letter "j" is called a "superscript dot".</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">In normal usage, the # symbol has several names, for example: <span style="color: yellow;">hash, pound sign, number sign.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">In English, the <span style="color: yellow;">@ symbo</span>l is usually called <span style="color: yellow;">"the at sign" or "the at symbol"</span>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Some words exist only in plural form, for example: <span style="color: yellow;">glasses (spectacles), binoculars, scissors, shears, tongs, gallows, trousers, jeans, pants, pyjamas </span>(but note that clothing words often become singular when we use them as modifiers, as in "trouser pocket").</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. <span style="color: yellow;">"I am."</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The word <span style="color: yellow;">"Checkmate"</span> in chess comes from the Persian phrase <span style="color: yellow;">"Shah Mat"</span> meaning <span style="color: yellow;">"the king is helpless".</span> </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">We pronounce the combination <span style="color: yellow;">"ough" </span>in 9 different ways, as in the following sentence which contains them all: <span style="color: yellow;">"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">The longest English word without a true vowel (a, e, i, o or u) is<span style="color: yellow;"> "rhythm"</span>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth. The others are, in order from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, [Earth,] Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">There are only 4 English words in common use ending in <span style="color: yellow;">"-dous": hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word <span style="color: yellow;">"therein"</span> without rearranging any of its letters: <span style="color: yellow;">the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">English muffins</span> weren't invented in England or <span style="color: yellow;">French fries</span> in France. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Sweetmeats</span> are candies while <span style="color: yellow;">sweetbreads</span>, which aren't sweet, are meat.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Quicksand</span> works slowly, <span style="color: yellow;">boxing rings</span> are square and <span style="color: yellow;">a guinea pig</span> is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And why is it that <span style="color: yellow;">writers write</span> but <span style="color: yellow;">fingers don't fing</span>, <span style="color: yellow;">grocers don't groce</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">hammers don't ham</span>? </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the plural of tooth is<span style="color: yellow;"> teeth</span>, why isn't the plural of booth<span style="color: yellow;"> beeth</span>? </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One goose, 2 <span style="color: yellow;">geese</span>. So one moose, 2 <span style="color: yellow;">meese</span>? </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a <span style="color: yellow;">humanitarian</span> eat? </span></li>
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-71503590561451606182012-10-28T18:20:00.001+01:002015-03-02T15:30:53.434+01:00HALLOWEEN<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg/170px-Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg/170px-Trick_or_treat_in_sweden.jpeg" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of its original title "All Hallows' Evening") also known as All Hallows' Eve is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows. Most scholars believe that All Hallows' Eve was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain.Others maintain that it originated independently of Samhain.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Halloween is more popular in the north of Spain due to ancestral links with celtic ancestors who arrived in this region around 3,000 years ago. Despite mixing with the indigenous Iberian culture, a great interest came about in holidays and celebrations imported from the Celtic world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Halloween is still a relatively new phenomenon in Spain, the Spanish people go all out for celebrating it to the maximum as with any kind of fancy dress festival. You will see many more people dressed up in outrageous costumes and parading the streets in larger groups than you would ever see in England. It is more popular in the north of Spain and celebrated much more in larger cities where you are bound to be invited to a costume party or see posters advertising them everywhere. Most shops and cafes have baskets of treats outside for trick or treaters.</span></div>
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-42727205880346294642012-10-26T19:16:00.000+02:002015-03-02T15:36:52.306+01:002012 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS<br />
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-68404268474662589922012-09-11T10:27:00.000+02:002015-03-02T15:45:29.243+01:00'THE RED' (LA ROJA): SPAIN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM<br />
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-32790622080574451072012-06-06T20:00:00.001+02:002015-03-02T15:59:54.881+01:00GARCÍA LORCA: "THE FITH AT FIVE"<br />
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Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-65473425299561122662012-06-03T10:54:00.002+02:002015-03-02T16:02:36.967+01:00QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE<br />
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<br />Fran Feve http://www.blogger.com/profile/10177740537198616568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014032135007777352.post-2361687168993577172012-04-22T19:38:00.000+02:002015-03-02T16:15:40.486+01:00SAINT GEORGE'S DAY<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Saint George</span></b> is the patron saint of <span style="color: yellow;"><b>England</b>.</span> He's popularly
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gallantry - but actually he wasn't English at all. Very little, if
anything, is known about the real Saint George. He is patron saint not only of England but also of <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Aragon, Catalonia,
Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Germany and Greece</b>;</span> and of
Moscow, Istanbul, Genoa and Venice (second to Saint Mark). He's also
patron saint of soldiers, archers, cavalry and chivalry, farmers and
field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those suffering from
leprosy, plague and syphilis. In recent years he has been adopted as
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything about Saint George is dubious, so the information below should be taken as mythical rather than real.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born in Cappadocia, an area which is now in Turkey</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His parents were Christian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later lived in Palestine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Became a Roman soldier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Protested against Rome's persecution of Christians</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imprisoned and tortured, but stayed true to his faith</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beheaded at Lydda in Palestine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23rd April was named as Saint George's day in 1222</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the ninth century there is a popular story: St. George on horseback as the winner of a dragon. This story, which is part of the Golden Legend, also known as <b><span style="color: yellow;">"St. George and the Dragon</span>"</b> and is the likely origin of all fairy tales about princesses and dragons in ancient Occidente. A Christian interpretation of the myth: Jorge would be a believer, the white horse the Church and the dragon would represent paganism, idolatry, temptation and Satan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">"<b>St George's Day"</b></span> is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. St George's Day is celebrated on 23rd April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303. For Eastern Orthodox Churches who use the Julian calendar, 23rd April corresponds to 6th May on the Gregorian calendar. </div>
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St George's Day<b> </b>was a major feast and national holiday in England on a par with Christmas from the early 15th century. The Cross of St George was flown in 1497 by John Cabot on his voyage to discover Newfoundland and later by Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.In 1620 it was the flag that was flown by the Mayflower when the Pilgrim Fathers arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts.</div>
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A traditional custom on St George's day is to wear a red rose in one's lapel, though this is no longer widely practised. Another custom is to fly or adorn the St George's Cross flag in some way: pubs in particular can be seen on 23rd April festooned with garlands of St George's crosses. It is customary for the hymn "Jerusalem" to be sung in cathedrals, churches and chapels on St George's Day, or on the Sunday closest to it. Traditional English foods and drink (e.g. afternoon tea) may be consumed.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is also celebrated in the old Crown of Aragon in Spain—Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Majorca. It is the second most important National Feast in Catalonia, where the day is known in Catalan as <b><i><span style="color: yellow;">La Diada de Sant Jordi</span></i> </b>and it is traditional to give a rose and a book to a loved one. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Diada de Sant Jordi</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Saint George's Day), also known as </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">El dia de la Rosa</span></b></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>(The Day of the Rose) or </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">El dia del Llibre</span></b></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (The Day of the Book) is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Catalan</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> holiday held on 23rd April, with similarities to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valentine's Day</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and colleagues. Historically, men gave women </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">roses</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and women gave men a book to celebrate the occasion—"a rose for love and a book forever." In modern times, the mutual exchange of books is also customary.</span></div>
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being the country's patron saint and its national day. As in Catalonia, roses and books are exchanged among individuals, often bearing ribbons with the colors of Aragon's flag. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Valencia</span> </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">celebrates St George's Day with a different intensity, though in several zones it has similarities to Valentine's Day, like in Catalonia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The exact origins of this religious feast day's name are unknown. Some
sources claim the word Easter is derived from <b><span style="color: yellow;">Eostre</span></b>, a Teutonic goddess
of spring and fertility. Other accounts trace Easter to the Latin term <span style="color: yellow;">"</span></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">hebdomada alba"</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, or white week, an ancient reference to Easter week and
the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time.
Through a translation error, the term later appeared as <span style="color: yellow;">"</span></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">esostarum"</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Old
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Easter is known as <b><span style="color: yellow;">Pascua</span></b>; in French, <b><span style="color: yellow;">Paques</span></b>. These words are derived
from the Greek and Latin <b><span style="color: yellow;">Pascha or Pasch</span></b>, for Passover.
Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection occurred after he went to Jerusalem
to celebrate Passover (or <b><span style="color: yellow;">Pesach</span></b> in Hebrew), the Jewish festival
commemorating the ancient Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt.
Pascha eventually came to mean Easter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bible makes no mention of a long-eared, short-tailed creature who delivers decorated eggs to well-behaved children on Easter
Sunday; nevertheless, the Easter bunny has become a prominent symbol of
Christianity's most important holiday. The exact origins of this
mythical mammal are unclear, but rabbits, known to be prolific
procreators, are an ancient symbol of fertility and new life. </span><br />
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to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s
with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania
and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called
<span style="color: yellow;">"Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws."</span> Their children made nests in which this
creature could lay its colored eggs. Eventually, the custom spread
across the U.S. and the fabled rabbit's Easter morning deliveries
expanded to include chocolate and other types of candy and gifts, while
decorated baskets replaced nests. Additionally, children often left out
carrots for the bunny in case he got hungry from all his hopping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easter
is a religious holiday, but some of its customs, such as Easter eggs,
are likely linked to pagan traditions. The egg, an ancient symbol of new
life, has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring. From
a Christian perspective, Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus'
emergence from the tomb and resurrection. Decorating eggs for Easter is a
tradition that dates back to at least the 13th century. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easter egg hunts and egg rolling are two popular egg-related traditions. In the U.S., the White House
Easter Egg Roll, a race in which children push decorated, hard-boiled
eggs across the White House lawn, is an annual event held the Monday
after Easter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1014032135007777352" name="a2"></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Easter Candy</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easter is the second best-selling candy holiday in America, after Halloween.
Among the most popular sweet treats associated with this day are
chocolate eggs, which date back to early 19th century Europe. Eggs have
long been associated with Easter as a symbol of new life and Jesus'
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Semana Santa en Sevilla" is notable for featuring the procession of <i><b>"pasos"</b></i>, lifelike wood or plaster sculptures of individual scenes of the events that happened between Jesus' arrest and his burial, or images of the Virgin Mary showing grief for the torture and killing of her son. In Málaga the lifelike wooden or plaster sculptures are called <i><b>"tronos"</b></i> and they are carried through the streets by penitents dressed in long purple robes, often with pointed hats, followed by women in black carrying candles for up to 11 hours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These <span style="color: yellow;"><i><b>pasos</b> </i>and<i> <b>tronos</b></i></span> are physically carried on the necks of <b><i><span style="color: yellow;">costaleros</span></i></b> (literally "sack men", because of the <b><i>costal</i></b>, a sack-like cloth that they wear over their neck, to soften the burden) or <i><b>"braceros"</b></i> (this name is popular in Leon), and can weigh up to five metric tonnes. The pasos are set up and maintained by <span style="color: yellow;"><i><b>hermandades and cofradías</b></i>,</span> religious brotherhoods that are common to a specific area of the city, whose precede the paso dressed in Roman military costumes or penitential robes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those members who wish to do so wear these penitential robes with conical hats, or </span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>capirotes</b></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, used to conceal the face of the wearer. These <span style="color: yellow;">"<i><b>Nazarenos"</b></i></span> or "<b><i>Papones</i></b>" (this word it´s typical from Leon) carry processional candles, may walk the city streets barefoot, and may carry shackles and chains in their feet as penance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Granadinos
take their Holy Week very seriously, and the Granada processions are
quite spectacular. If you've never seen a Holy Week procession before,
it can be quite breath-taking. Each <span style="color: yellow;"><b><i>hermandad</i></b> </span>(literally "brotherhood")
has their own procession and is understandably extremely proud of
their figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary. Everyone is involved
and a lot of time and effort is spent making the figures
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is hard to choose between the different processions,
but perhaps the favourite two are the <span style="color: yellow;">"Silent Procession"</span> on
Thursday (when the street lights along the route are turned off and
the procession takes place
in absolute silence) and the <span style="color: yellow;">"Gypsy Procession"</span> on Wednesday
(which goes through the Albaicín/Sacromonte quarter). During
the Gypsy Procession, bonfires are lit along the route and stops are
made every
so often for <i><b><span style="color: yellow;">"saetas"</span></b></i> (traditional
songs to Jesus or the Virgin) to be sung.</span></div>
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