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Galician Culture
The culture of Galicia encompasses the customs, practices, artistic expressions, and social norms associated with the Galician people of northwestern Spain. It is characterized by a distinct language (Galician language, Galician), a rich tradition of Galician music, music featuring the Gaita (bagpipe), gaita (bagpipe), and a cultural heritage with historical connections to Celtic traditions. Galician mythology, Mythology and folklore are significant parts of Galician culture, featuring figures such as Breogán, the legendary founder; the ''Mouros'', associated with ancient sites; and the ''meigas'', or Witchcraft, witches. Important traditions include ''Carnival#Galicia, Entroido'', the Galician equivalent of Carnival; and the numerous local "''festas''" or festivals, often centered around religious or agricultural cycles. Galicia also has a distinctive Galician cuisine, cuisine, architecture (including the characteristic "''hórreos''" or granaries), and a strong sense of regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danza De San Sebastián
Danza is a musical genre that originated in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, a city in southern Puerto Rico. It is a popular turn-of-the-twentieth-century ballroom dance genre slightly similar to the waltz. Both the danza and its cousin the contradanza are sequence dances, performed to a pattern, usually of squares, to music that was instrumental. Neither the contradanza nor the danza were sung genres; this is a contrast to, for example, the Habanera (music), habanera, which was a sung genre. There is some dispute as to whether the danza was in any sense a different dance from the contradanza, or whether it was just a simplification of the name. Through the first part of the 19th century the dance and its music became steadily more creolized. The music and the dance is creolized because composers were consciously trying to integrate African and European ideas because many of the people themselves were creoles, that is, born in the Caribbean; accepting their islands as their true and onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rexurdimento
The ''Rexurdimento'' ( Galician for Resurgence) was a period in the History of Galicia during the 19th century. Its central feature was the revitalization of the Galician language as a vehicle of social and cultural expression after the so-called ''séculos escuros'' ("dark centuries") in which the dominance of Castilian Spanish was nearly complete. The Galician ''Rexurdimento'' coincides with the Catalan '' Renaixença''. Romanticism led to a revival of regionalism in the Iberian Peninsula. Languages besides the official Castilian Spanish were reevaluated. In contrast to the universalizing Age of Enlightenment, a positive value was placed on regional traditions, languages, and dialects. In Galicia, Castilian Spanish had become the language of the cities and of the bourgeoisie, while Galician had become a largely rural language without a live literary tradition. This created some degree of diglossia, with Castilian Spanish dominating literary and business use, and Galician bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suso De Toro
Xesús Miguel "Suso" de Toro Santos (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer. A modern and contemporary arts graduate, he has published more than twenty novels and plays in Galician. He is a television scriptwriter and regular contributor to the press and radio. Suso de Toro writes in Galician and sometimes translates his own work into Spanish. His works have been translated into several languages, and have been taught in European universities. There are plans to make three of his works into films: ''A Sombra Cazadora'', ''Non Volvas'', and ''Calzados Lola''. Works * ''Caixón desastre'' (1983) * ''Polaroid'' (1986) * ''Land Rover'' (1988) * ''Ambulancia'' (1990) * ''Tic-tac'' (1993) * ''A Sombra Cazadora'' (1994) Edicións Xerais * ''Conta Saldada'' (1996) * ''Unha Rosa é unha Rosa'' (1997), theater * ''Calzados Lola'' (1997) * ''Círculo'' (1998) * ''Non Volvas'' (2000) Edicións Xerais * ''Trece badaladas'' (2002) * ''El príncipe manco'' (2004) * ''Morgun'' (2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish writer, poet and journalist. Biography Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations including ''Television de Galicia'', ''El Ideal Gallego'', ''La Voz de Galicia'', ''El País'', and was the sub-editor of ''Diario 16'' in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast. Work As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book ''¿Que me queres, amor?'', a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film '' La lengua de las mariposas''. His 1998 novel '' O lapis do carpinteiro'' has been published in nine countries and is the most wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín
Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (Ourense, 7 August 1938) is a Galician writer and poet and is widely considered the highest representative of contemporary Galician literature. A doctor in philology, he studied philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela and Romanic philology at the University of Madrid. He teaches literature at the '' Instituto Santa Irene'' in Vigo. He also writes for the daily newspaper ''Faro de Vigo'' and directs the quarterly political critic magazine '' A Trabe Ouro''. Ferrín is a member of the Real Academia Galega ( Galician Royal Academy). He was the president of that Academy from January 2010 until February 2013, when he resigned, accused of hiring relatives. On 1 March 2013 he resigned his chair of academic.http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ocioycultura/2013/03/14/ferrin-consuma-sua-dimision-denuncia-rag-perigo/0003_201303G14P43993.htm He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Vigo. He was proposed to the Nobel Prize in literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spain transitioned into a democracy. During Franco's rule, Spain was officially known as the Spanish State (). The informal term "Fascist Spain" is also used, especially before and during World War II. During its existence, the nature of the regime evolved and changed. Months after the start of the Civil War in July 1936, Franco emerged as the dominant rebel military leader and he was proclaimed head of state on 1 October 1936, ruling a dictatorship over the territory which was controlled by the Nationalist faction. The 1937 Unification Decree, which merged all of the parties which supported the rebel side, led to Nationalist Spain becoming a single-party regime under the FET y de las JONS. The end of the Civil War in 1939 bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminario De Estudos Galegos
The Seminar of Galician Studies (, SEG) was an institution established in 1923 with the purpose of studying and promoting the Galician cultural heritage. References External links«El Seminario de Estudios Gallegos será restaurado proximamente»'' ABC'', 19 January 1979 .Aniversario do Seminario de Estudos Galegos Real Academia Galega, 15 October 2013 . Culture of Galicia Galician language Organizations established in 1923 1923 establishments in Spain 1936 disestablishments in Spain {{Galicia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Risco
Vicente Martínez Risco Agüero (October 1, 1884 – April 30, 1963) was a Galician intellectual of the 20th century. He was a founder member of Xeración Nós, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature. He is well regarded for his writings on Galician nationalism, as well as a contributor to the Galician New Narrative. He is also the father of Spanish novelist and critic Antonio Risco. Early years The son of a public official and born in Ourense, Vicente Risco was born into a well-to-do and highly cultured family. He suffered from bad health as a child. He was a good friend of Ramón Otero Pedrayo. In 1899 he obtained his high school certificate. He studied law in the University of Santiago, and in 1906 became a public official as his father was. In these years he participated in social gatherings directed by Marcelo Macías, with other intellectuals, such as Xulio Alonso Cuevillas or Arturo Vázquez Núñez, who would significantly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nós (Galicia)
''Nós'' (, meaning "custom" or "trend") is an Irish language culture and lifestyle magazine. Launched online on 17 March 2008 during Seachtain na Gaeilge, it began publishing a glossy print edition in November of the same year. Run on a voluntary basis, this full-colour monthly edition continued for over a year before Nós was printed as an entertainment supplement with Irish language weekly newspaper, Gaelscéal. In July 2013, Nós was relaunched with a new design and was circulated monthly, with extra content updated more frequently online. The magazine covers topics such as music, film, travel, design, activism and current affairs. It was launched by Tomaí Ó Conghaile, former assistant editor of Lá Nua and television and radio presenter with BBC NI, and relies on a large network of contributors throughout Ireland and abroad. Nós has received a number of awards for its contemporary design and content, including Best Irish Language Website at the Irish Web Awards in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmandades Da Fala
The Irmandades da Fala (English: "Brotherhood of the Language") was a Galician nationalist organization active between 1916 and 1936. It was the first political organization of Galicia that used only the Galician language. Background Aurelio Ribalta, a Galician writer living in Madrid, called for the protection of the Galician language in 1915. On 5 January 1916, Antón Vilar Ponte started a campaign for the establishment of a League of Friends of the Galician Language in the newspaper '' La Voz de Galicia'' and in March 1916 he published ''Galician Nationalism (Notes for a Book): Our Regional Affirmation'', where he supported the protection, dignification and use of the Galician language. The proposal was supported by leaders of different ideological persuasions. The most important of these were Antón Losada Diéguez and the Traditionalists and the Liberal Democrats. , , and were all members. Political program In the congress of November 1918 in the city of Lugo, they est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
