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18 Cards in this Set
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La Tomatína
-where -when -what -brief history |
where: Buñol near Valencia
when: August what: week of street partying and a huge tomato fight history: during a parade, some boy threw tomatoes at some figures in parade, returned and started tradition. |
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San Fermines
-where -when -what -brief history |
where: Pamplona
when:July 6, bullrun once per morning July 7-14 what: 3 minute run, ~6 fighting bulls run w/ herds of bullocks. Rocket fired to start run. Runners wear white w/ red hankercheif history: not clear, ~13th century |
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Feria de Sevilla/April Fair
-where -when -what -brief history |
where: sevilla
when: 1x/yr, 3 weeks after "holy week", April/May what: street festival, casetas=stands, dancing, sweets, etc mostly for locals history: 1847, Prado de San Sebastían w/ just 9 stands |
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Carnival
-where -when -what -brief history |
where: all over. main: Cadiz, Santa Crruz, Las Palmas y Gran Canaria
when: ~first part of Feb ending ~ ash Wed. what: dress up in costumes, similar Mardi Gras, Beauty pagent/masks, etc. history: originally a spring pegan rite, prohibited during Franco |
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Moors & Christians
-where -when -what -brief history |
where: all over, most popular in Alicante and Valencia
when: October what: medieval festival, street parades, mock battle. Christians always win. history: started ~16th century to celebrate and recreate the 13th century victory over Moors in Spain what: |
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Spanish food:
-2 most common ingredients? -"bon apatite...."? |
- olive oil, garlic
- "Buen provecho!" |
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Madrid post franco: La Movida
-when -why -what |
late 1970s early 1980's breaking free form years of censorship and oppression under Franco.
- Spanisards who left in the 60's to work elsewhere returned with their teenage kids who grew up in much more relazed places then brought it to Madrid |
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Where was la movida focused?
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Barrio Malasaña
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La Movida: New Music genres?
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Punk/British New Wave/New Romantic
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La Movida: Form of slang used?
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cheli
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La Movida:
Influential director/TV Show/Artist (3) |
Pedro Almodóvar - director
La Bola de Cristal - tv show Muelle - famous graffiti artist |
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name one famous band nowadays
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Estopa
Amaral El Canto de Loco |
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name one famous band nowadays
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Estopa
Amaral El Canto de Loco |
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Flamenco: 3 parts?
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El Cante, El Baile, La Guitarra
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Origins of Flamenco?
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imprint by period of Musim occupation
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Bulfight: 3 parts after entrance (Paseillo)
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1) matador observes behavior of bull, uses purple/yellow flag, 2 picadores come in and stab bull
2) the sticking of te little flagged barbs, 3 pairs 3) matador uses muleta (small red rag) and minipulates/dances w/ bull then kills with real sword |
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How many? (per bull)
-picadores -toreros -matadors -bulls total |
2 picadores/bull
3 toreros/bull 1 matador/bull 6 bulls total, 2/matador, toreros |
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trophies bull fight? (3)
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1 ear - crowd majority asks it
2 ears - president thinks outstanding 2 ears and a tail - president thinks exceptional |
