Archive for the ‘Culture and Customs’ Category
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Time for yet another holiday here in Andalucia. That's right, February 28th is a day to celebrate. It's Andalucia Day thanks to this region's founding father, Blas Infante, the man whose ideas eventually served to make this region the separate autonomous community it is today.
The question many foreigners living in ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
The big news this week is that someone - some lucky someone, or perhaps more than one someone - from the tiny town of Montefrio, Granada, has won the "Euromillones" lottery. At over 76 million euros, this is the biggest, fattest lottery prize yet to land on a Spanish town.
A ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
How often do we hear of yet another family that has moved to southern Spain because it's such a great place to raise children?
Families from northern Europe and North America are especially charmed by the warmth of this family-centred Mediterranean society. It's hard not to notice how children are accepted ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Lately I've been studying the way festivals are celebrated throughout Andalucia. It's often interesting to see how one single festival is celebrated differently from one town or city to another.
To be honest, at first glance, all the carnivals looked alike to me, as did all the ferias or semana santas. ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Today thousands of children across our region go back to school after the holidays.
Can you believe that 37% of state school students in Andalucia quit school before receiving even their most basic credentials?
That is one of the highest drop out rates in Europe and something the Andalusian regional government is ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
Travelling across Andalucia this holiday season - and yes, it is still officially holiday season until the last of the Three Kings has left the territory - I was reunited with my fascination for place names. Wherever I travel around the world I am intrigued, and often amused, with the ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
It looks like Andalucia has seen the New Year in with style.
Would you believe that some 70,000 people said goodbye to 2007 around the Rocio Shrine in Huelva? It seems that the area's capacity to handle large groups has turned the pilgrimage trail and facilities into a popular place for ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Welcome to the all new Andalucia.com blog. - your number one stop on the Net to find out about interesting issues and events from across our region.
It's time to say goodbye to last year's grapes - the way we traditionally see out the old year here in Andalucia - and ...
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