Spain

 Using your country assigned above, find information online about Hispanic Heritage month in that country.  Record your findings here. Prepare to discuss three highlights or most interesting facts. Hispanic Heritage month is a national celebration in America and many hispanic countries. September 15 marks the anniversary of independence for the hispanics. In Spain, many woman dance the flamenco on the streets. In Spain thirty thousand people go the town of Bunol to celebrate La Tomatina where the people throw 240 thousand pounds of tomatoes at each other. In August their is a celebration called Romeria Vikinga where they celebrate act out a viking invasion and defended by Cristians.

On October 5th, Spain celebrates the pilgrimage of El Santisimo Cristo del Pano and the Virgen del Rosario. The procession revolves around a giant portrait of Christ carrying the Cross which is believed to have medicinal properties that cures barrenness. The citizens walk around as masked figures and on the last day they hold a festival and a feast.

Every year usually 30,000 go to the Spanish Town of Bunol. They go there to throw almost 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other as part of the La Tomatina festival. People celebrate this festival disguised as devils in this festival of prehistoric origin. The young boys dress as devils, wearing pants and jackets painted in a bright design, with large cowbells tied to their wastes. They run through the streets, and dance at the entrance and inside the church. During the running of the bulls men, dressed in all white with red handkerchiefs run from bulls in a closed off distance.

Look for 3-5 authentic your country. (Newspapers, magazines, etc) Copy the web addresses here.

[|multiple sources] http://www.abc.es/ http://www.elpais.com/global/ http://kiosko.net/es/np/as.html [] http://www.publico.es/ http://www.lne.es/ http://www.sispain.org/english/media/press.html http://www.larazon.es/ Then explore those sites for any information  can gather about current Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. Record any findings here.

Find one video depicting a Hispanic Heritage celebration in your country. media type="youtube" key="TbPruyBI4m8" height="315" width="420" Post the link here.

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