UNIT 12: TRADITIONS

4.- Traditions

The traditions of a locality, commnunity or a country are the customs (costumbres) they have kept over the years (que se realizan año tras año).
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 their traditions.

- 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.

4.2. Cuisine and craftwork (Gastronomía y artesanía).

- Cuisine.
The traditional foods of a place.
*Sweets like churros.
*Traditional dishes like paella, gazpacho, Spanish omelette, etc.

- Craftwork.
Products handmade by artisan.
*Pottery (cerámica).
*Goldsmithing (orfebreria) using gold and silver.
* Textil craftwork.

4.3. Music and dances

People often wear regional costumes (trajes regionales).
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 traditinal dance.
________________________________________________________.