Learning the Cervantes Language

Category: History

  • España fascinante

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    Marian Guitian Oliva
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    El Colacho, cuando el mal anda suelto. Desde el Siglo XVII y hasta nuestros días, el primer domingo después del día de Corpus, las gentes de Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos), burlan al mal. El Colacho, en representación del mismísimo diablo, transita las calles increpando a los lugareños, para lo que se vale de una cola…

  • La feria de Abril de Sevilla

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    Marian Guitian Oliva
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    What is being celebrated? The April Fair is one of the most famous festivals in Spain,traditional costumes, horse-drawn carriages, food, drink and dance are some of the things you can find there. Nowadays, spring is celebrated, but its origins were somewhat different.If you want to know all the details, read on. Origins The first fair…

  • When you could came to Spain to meet bandits

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    Marian Guitian Oliva
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    I still fondly remeber those wonderfull afternoons with my grandfather watching Curro Jimenez, little did I know at the time that I was seeing a portrait of a Spain that really existed, and even less did I know that Sancho Gracia (the main character) embodied under the name of Curro Jiménez, a true bandit called…