1.2 Introduction - Culture and Celebrations
Completion requirements
Spanish Language and Culture 10-3Y
Lección 1.2 – Hispanic Culture
Introduction
¿Te gustan las fiestas?
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¡Hola! My name is Anthony. I am visiting Miami, Florida. I am going to the Calle 8 Festival.
It is a great fiesta! There is salsa music, merengue, and Spanish rock. My favorite band always performs in the Calle 8 Festival. The musicians play la trompeta y el piano. Everybody dances in the street. There's also international food. ! I like to eat arroz con frijoles negros and to drink café cubano. ¡Es delicioso! I am going to watch the domino and golf tournaments. I want to learn how to play dominos. It's a board game. ¡Me encanta el Festival de Calle 8! |
On December 25th, Hispanic families celebrate the birth of Jesus with fiestas and gifts, as well as midnight mass (church) on Christmas eve.
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El dÃa de navidad |
On January 6th, Hispanic children receive gifts from the 3 Kings or Wise men. The children place their shoes outside their bedroom door, and wake up to gifts. According to religious tradition, the kings went to Bethlehem
to bring gifts to baby Jesus.
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El dÃa de reyes |
When teenage girls in Latin America turn 15, they have a huge birthday party to introduce them to society as a young woman.
The celebration is sometimes as big as a wedding in Canada. Special dress and shoes, a mass (church), program, dinner, dance. Wow!
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El quinceañero |
Watch this video of the map of Spanish-speaking countries. to learn where each country is located and some interesting information about each one. Remember you can use the pause feature to be sure to hear and practice the pronunciation of the countries and celebrations. If you are curious about some of these celebrations, please take some time to do a little independent research on at least one or two.
¡OJO! You will be asked questions about this later.
In this lesson, you will learn that many people in the United States use languages other than English on a daily basis. Also, you will learn about some regional celebrations and some famous Hispanic artists in North America.
Objectives - ObjetivosAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to
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