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Culture in a box A Spring Day Project Your flag? This is Spain’s flag. It has got two colours: red and yellow. The Spanish flag symbolizes the nation. It is the sign of sovereignty and independence and the symbol of the mother country. A symbol of your country Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art, and to be more exact on genuine Southern Spanish art. It exists in three forms: “cante” the song, “baile” the dance and “guitarra” guitar playing. Flamenco dance arrived to its climax, being the major attraction for the public of “cafés cantantes”. Current flamenco frequently shows influences of other kinds of music, as jazz, salsa, bossanova… We have chosen the Sevillana’s dance because everybody knows Spain for this famous dance. Where are you? We are in the south west of Europe. Our country is Spain and we live in a town near Barcelona. In the next page there is the map of Europe and a map of our country. Where are you? How’s the climate? Spain’s climate is continental, except in the Mediterranean with warm winter softness caused by the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean, and with scarce rain in autumn and winter. In the summer the weather is warm/hot. The temperature is between 30º and 35ºC. In autumn the temperature is between 12º and 17º C. In winter the temperature is between 6º and 10º C. In spring the temperature is between 23º and 26º C. It is warm. In the following page there are some photos: Autumn: in this season the leaves fall. Winter: in this season the people go skiing. In winter it often snows. Spring: in this season the trees bloom and there are a lot of flowers. Summer: in this season people go to the swimming pool because it is hot. How’s the climate? Capital / population The capital of our country is Madrid. In Spain, the population in 1991 was of 38.872.268 inhabitants; in 2002 the population was 40.077.100 inhabitants and in 2003 it was of 50.573.000. In Madrid, the capital of our country, the population is 3.800.052 inhabitants. Greetings in your language Good morning = Buenos días Good afternoon = Buenas tardes Good night = Buenas noches How are you? = ¿Cómo estás? A landscape that you love This is “La fageda de’n Jordà”, a beautiful forest situated in La Garrotxa (Girona). This is a volcanic zone but the volcanos are inactive. A favourite poem of yours This is a Spanish poem. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer wrote this poem and it talks about “love”. Volverán las oscuras golondrinas en tu balcón sus nidos a colgar, y otra vez con el ala a tus cristales jugando llamarán. Pero aquellas que el vuelo refrenaban tu hermosura y mi dicho el contemplar aquellas que aprendieron nuestros nombres, ésas…. ¡No volverán! Volverán las tupidas madreselvas de tu jardín las tapias a escalar, y otra vez a la tarde aún más hermosas sus flores se aliviarán… Volverán del amor en tus oídos las palabras ardientes a sonar. Tu corazón de un profundo sueño Tal vez despertará. A product of your country Cava is similar to champagne. It is good for special celebrations. In the region of Penedés (Catalonia) there are plenty of cava factories. A recipe from your country PAELLA Sauté onion, parsley and garlic in olive oil until the onion begins to become transparent. Add saffron, chicken bullion, chicken, peppers and sauté until chicken has become white. Add tomato sauce, sugar, food colouring. Stir. Add rice and water and bring to boil. Salt to taste. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add shrimps and scallops, boil and additional 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, Simmer 10 minutes covered, stirring occasionally. If the rice appears to be getting too dry during the last 10 minutes, add more water. If the rice is too wet at the end of the 10 minutes, uncover and evaporate unwanted liquid. Enjoy!! A proverb that you like “En abril, lluvias mil”. It means that in April it rains a lot because the weather is changing. A famous person His majesty the king was born on 5th January 1938 in Rome where the Royal Family was living, having had to leave Spain when the Republic was proclaimed in 1931. His parents were Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, Count of Barcelona and Head of the Spanish Royal Household since his father, king Alfonso XIII, relinquished his status, and Maria de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orleans. At the express wish of his father, he was educated in Spain as from the age of ten, after a period as a boarder at the Marianist school in the Swiss town of Freeburg. His parents, meanwhile, had been living since 1946 in the coastal town of Estoril, in Portugal.