Interesting fact that my surprise you (part 9)

December 10, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 9)

Spanish Christmas Day

Spain is a Catolic country, with more than 70 % of Spaniards, which ones declaring their faith. Spaniards don't wear Christmas trees. During fesival of "Navidad" (Christmas), they dress a crib and then, put it in the "patio" (yard of tenement, very popular in Spain). The crib is often precisely handcrafted to create an unusual view. Christmas is celebrated with great pomp and joy. On Christmas Eve the locals go out on the streets, in their folk costumes and organize parades. Next day they meet for dinner, where dominate "jamón" (typical Spanish ham) and everybody shares "turrón" (kind of nougat, reminiscent of halva). What is also worth mentioning is that, during Christmas time children do not recive gifts. The gifts are brought by Three Mage Kings on 6th of January.

Cheers ! ;)

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 8)

December 3, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 8)

Spanish bars 🍻🍷🍲🥘

In Spain there are 129 bars per 1 inhabitant. Beer in the bar is sold in bottles or glasses of 0.33 l. The capacity of 0,5 l is rare.  In Spanish bars, there are also a lot of types of  tapas. Tapas has its own story. In bars in the region of Andalusia (Spain), glasses with some alcoholic drink were covered with bread and some snack on it. Spaniards did this, to protect for example the wine against flies and loss of aroma, while the drinker himself against excessive drinking.

Cheers ! ;) 

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 7)

November 26, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 7)

Spanish surnames.

The Spaniards have two-part surnames. The first refers to father's surname and the second one, broadcast after the mother. Married women don't take their surnames after their husbands. The surnames are often repeated and you can meet a person with the surname Rodriguez Rodriguez. Names, as you can see are not seperated by dashes, but we can find hyphens like "y" (and) or "de" (from). What is more, it is also common to find more parts of surname, which is related to the fact that they carry noble titles.

Cheers ! ;)

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 6)

November 19, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 6)

The Spanish custom of New Year's Eve.

The most famous Spanish New Year's Eve custom is to eat 12 grapes 🍇 to the rhythm of the clock beating, at 24.00, with each beating you need to eat one grape to ensure luck in the New Year.

The best way to eat grapes is while you standing on your left leg, so that you can enter the New Year with your right foot. ;) 

Cheers ! ;)

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 5)

November 12, 2019

Intresting fact that may surprise you (part 5)

Chupa Chups 🍭🍭

Did you know that the most famous lollipop in the world, called Chupa Chups comes from Spain ?

Chupa Chups is a lollipop that every child and every adult knows. It was in Spain where it was invented, less than 60 years ago. The name of these sweets comes from the word "chupar" which in Spanish means "to suck". Moreover, Enric Bernat founder of the Chupa Chups company, moved to Figueras (Girona) to commission one of the most popular surrealist artist, Salvador Dalí to create the company's logo. It tooks Dalí less than an hour to design it, in a shape of a yellow daisy.

Cheers ! ;) 

Interesting fact that may suprise you (part 4)

November 5, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 4)

4.) The national dance of Spain is flamenco.

Flamenco is definitely associated with Spain. This lively and energetic dance comes from Andalusia. Usually on stage you can see a beautiful dancer in a wide dress with frills. She often performs with a partner. They both wear shoes on special heels, making loud noises and tapping on the dance floor. The dance is always accompanied by music performed, mostly on guitar, clapping, snapping fingers and castanets.

An interesting fact about flamenco is that, since 2010 has been on  the UNESCO list of intangible national heritage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNhfV_53W7A (In the link short performance of flamenco)

Cheers ! ;)

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 3)

October 29, 2019

Interesting fact that may surprise you (part 3)

3.) Tomato fight ? Such things only in Spain.

One of the most celebrated holidays in Spain is La Tomatina. It is a time when all Spaniards go out, on the street and throw tomatoes on each others. Sounds like a movie scene, but once a year it actually happens. At the end of August, the largest tomato battle in the world is taking place in the small town of Buñol.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_6NRddULq4

Cheers ! ;)