UNIT 12.- TRADITIONS IN ANDALUCÍA

UNIT 12: TRADITIONS

4.- Traditions

            4.1.- Festivals (Fiestas)

            4.2.- Cuisine and craftwork (Gastronomía y artesanía).

            4.3.- Music and dances

The traditions of a locality, commnunity or a country are the customs they have kept over the years.These traditions can be:
- Festivals.
- Cuisine and craftwork.
- Music and dances.

4.1. Festivals (Fiestas).

Festivals are celebrated every year and they are part of the traditions. Some of the most important festivals are:

- Autonomous Community Day: In Andalucía it is the 28th of February.
- Religious Festivals like Easter, Christmas, The Virgin of Rocio, etc.
- Carnival where people dress in costumes. Carnival in Cádiz is very famous.

- It is very famous the April Fair in Seville. Málaga, Jerez de la Frontera,    Córdoba y Granada also have a Fair.

4.2. Cuisine and craftwork (Gastronomía y artesanía).

- The traditional foods are its cuisine. Some traditional foods are:
            * Sweets like churros.
            * Traditional cold soups like gazpacho, salmorejo and ajo blanco from                                       Málaga

- The products handmade by artisans are called Craftwork. Types of craftwork:

            * Pottery (cerámica).
            * Goldsmithing (orfebreria) using gold and silver.
            * Textil craftwork

4.3.- Music and dances

- People often wear regional costumes. A regional costume is the typical clothing people wear.

- In Andalucia, the most important musical and dance tradition is the sevillana.

ACTIVITIES UNIT 12

1.- Copy and fill in the gaps for your autonomous community (Andalucia) .

Festivals       Music and dance              Cuisine                            Craftwork

_______         _____________                  ________                       __________
  
 

2.- Copy and match in your notebook.

festival *                                   *a leather (cuero) bag
 
dance and music*                    * gazpacho

cuisine*                                     *Christmas

craftwork*                               * flamenco

3.- Read and correct the sentences in your notebook.

- Autonomous Community Day is a religious festival.

- Gazpacho is a typical dish of Galicia.

-Pottery is a traditional dance.