This coming Tuesday, February 28th, is the Dia de Andalucia (a day of celebration throughout the region of southern Spain that is Andalucia)
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| The regions of Spain Andalucia is the green section at the bottom |
Unfortunately the day falls right smack in the middle of Semana Blanca (White Week)
In case you were wondering what Semana Blacna is; it's basically just a whole week off for teachers and students in the region of Malaga.
You see, each city in Spain has it's own Feria [kinda like the one I went to in Fuengirola in October, only bigger], and during this time everyone has off for the week to celebrate, drink, dance and be merry.
But there is a rule saying that all schools in Andalucia must have the same amount of school days, so naturally, since Malaga's Feria is in the summer, the region gets to have a random week off in February to make up for the other regions days off!
(Pretty sweet!)
Yay for days off as an excuse to party and travel!!
And by coincidence, the Dia de Andalucia always falls right in the middle of the week off on February 28th.
So at my school, CEIP El Tomillar, they celebrated a few days early, on the Friday before the break.
It was great! The mothers of the PTA made a traditional Andaluz breakfast for the whole school; bread with salt and olive oil and chocolate milk
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| Quite a yummy breakfast |
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| Look at the boys adorable paper ties! hahaha I thought they were so cute! |
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| The flag was 350 meters long! |
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| And in case you were wondering 350 meters is over 1148 feet! |
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| It was so long that it needed to be wrapped around the yard three times over to fit! |
And so the flag set a new World Record! And the Guiness World Record people were there, and tv stations were there, teachers were dancing Flamenco, they played the Andaluz anthem on their recorders and sang; It was great!
I've really grown to love my school, and the people, and the events it holds and the morals and values it instills in it's students.
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| Andalucia pride from the babies in infantil |
That's so cool! And their traditional outfits are so freaking cute.
ReplyDeleteAren't they adorable! I love how the people in Andalucia look for any and every excuse to dress up in the traditional dresses and stuff; street fairs, school celebrations, performances in the Plazas!
ReplyDeleteIs it like that in Barcelona too, or is it just a southern thing?