Different aspects of the culture that developed across the world in the wake of Christopher Columbus' voyages of exploration. And also para todos los que quieren practicar el español -- ¡la lengua de Cervantes y Shakira! Chat, hang out, consult resources, and mucho más...
Peculiarities of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea
NordNordWestHere's one for my fellow language geeks! Not too many are aware that Africa has a Spanish-speaking country! Equatorial Guinea in West Africa was Guinea Española, ruled by Spain for nearly 200 years, and Spanish is an official language which unites the country, spoken by most of its population alongside local languages like Fang, Benga, and others. And though on the surface local Spanish greatly resembles that spoken in its former colonizer, there are some interesting differences:…
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Dijo la novelista francesa Colette (1873-1954): Los viajes sólo son necesarios para las imaginaciones menguadas.
¿Estás de acuerdo? ¿Crees que el que tiene una imaginación rica y una vida interior desarrollada no necesita viajar? ¿O será que Colette padecía de agorafobia?
Del otro lado del Atlántico, dijo Mark Twayne: "He descubierto que no hay forma más segura de saber si amas u odias a alguien que hacer un viaje con él". ¿Qué te parece esto? ¿Has roto alguna relación por un viaje que fue mal?
My class is really starting with the basics, ser/estar, then -ar verbs, now relationships and tener. It's all coming back quite easily, thank goodness, so this group will hopefully help me with putting conversational sentences together... rather than the caveman Spanish I used to speak: 'me like book'. ;)
Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!
Friday, October 30, 2009
8:00 p.m.
FREE!
CCE Miami
800 Douglas Rd (SW 37 Avenue)
Coral Gables, FL
Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!
Música tradicional española/Folk Music
Info: Tel. 305 448 9677 email: info@ccemiami.org
Eliseo Parra is one Spain's leading performers and researchers of folk music. He has traveled to small villages to rediscover old songs, musical instruments and learned how to play some instruments in the traditional style. He reconstructs folk music by adding modern elements. His background may seem surprising to some. He began as a rock musician and afterwards became interested in jazz and Caribbean rhythms. Eventually, he ended up rediscovering Spanish folk music.
Rosalia Roio, Guitar player, songwriter, composer and vocalist, a truly original musician. With a fabulous energy and singular mastery of her instrument, able to un-earth the ancient popular music of her native Spain and embody it in an astonishing performance full of passion and mastery. Rosalia's music is an inspired encounter of beauty, guts and virtuosity. Though educated with some of the bests musicians in the world, Rosalía's songs reveal a truly un-affected, creative and brave artist who has become a cult musician for an international audience. Her music is a fusion of traditional Spanish Folk music that has been largely forgotten. The adaptations combine this folk heritage, which is not derived from Flamenco, with jazz and Latin colors. She has taken many sources and created a new musical vision enriched by her virtuosity guitar technique.
BOCETO PARA ESPERANZA
Si fueras a tocar esa memoria
parece eterno, el polvo de tus ojos.
Pero el olor de aquella pagina no vuelve
se fue con los desvelos de tu frente.
Si fueras a tocar aquellos dias
la extraña magia de todo lo que llueve
tocar a sol que esta arrugado entre las hojas
al perro y a la tia tejedora.
Cuando el aire tenia rastros de azul,
en el patio cabía toda la luz.
Llevame donde pueda abuela dormir
si fueras a volver, llevame alli.
Si fueras a quedar en lo que queda
aquella casa debajo de los años,
aquella forma de mecerse los almendros
el agua que inventaba la tinaja.
El tiempo esta dejándonos un tiempo
para volver al patio de tus manos,
reconocer entre las sabanas tendidas
las caras que perdimos hace tanto
Cuando el aire tenia rastros de azul,
en el patio cabía toda la luz.
Llevame donde pueda abuela dormir
si fueras a volver llevame alli.
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