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Dancing with wild skirts and colorful costumes has been a tradition for centuries. WIth the mariaches playing behind this woman dances the fleamence, the slasa and the rhumba.
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| Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986. Continuing challenges include Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorism and further reductions in unemployment. | ||
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The Spanish, like many Latin cultures, make the mid-day meal their biggest, stretching it out for hours. Tapas are snacks and dinner is dinner --even if it is at midnight! | |
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The guitar was invented in Andalusia in the 1790s when a sixth string was added to the Moorish lute. It gained its modern shape in the 1870s. Spanish musicians have taken the humble guitar to dizzying heights of virtuosity and none more so than Andrés Segovia (1893-1997), who established classical guitar as a genre. Flamenco, music rooted in the cante jondo (deep song) of the gitanos (gypsies) of Andalusia, is experiencing a revival. Paco de Lucia is the best known flemenco guitarist internationally | |
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Spain has a unique backround, from bullfighting to wars. Spain has a a bloody history too. Bullfighting as we know it today, started in the village squares, and became formalized, with the building of the bullring in Ronda in the late 18th century. From that time, it began to follow a particular sequence of events: the entrance of the bull, the picador, the banderilleros, and finally the matador (bullfighter). Many of the picadors' horses were injured in the early days, so these heavy horses now wear protection | |
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Spanish cuisine is one of very interesting vegetables and spices. Red peppers and jalepenos. Wiyh dried vegetables and planty of salt they created the best tasting spices ever. Which make mouth watering zesty dishes. | |
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The Full name of
spain is the Kingdom of Spain with an area of 504,782 sq km. Its population is around 40.21 million and its Capital Cityis Madrid. Fluent languages spoken here are Basque, Gallegan, Catalan, Spanish. Almost one religon is worshipped threwout spain, Roman Catholic. The government is a parliamentary monarchy headed by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, what a name! |
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| The people of spain are very interesting. They have a mid day nap called a siesta.From midday to mid-afternoon, everything shuts down, except of course for the restaurants. Then, after this long, leisurely meal (and sometimes even a nap), they return to their workplaces and continue into the night. The evening meal is quite late -- anywhere from about 9 PM to midnight. While most of us are not accustomed to eating dinner so late, you might consider indulging in the Spanish favorite, tapas, as a light supper, although no real Spaniard would ever do this. | ||
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