Post on 16-Apr-2017
Graus (Spain)
Teacher: Frumușelu MihaiStudent: Costea FlorentinGroup: 8215
Graus is a village in the Spanish province of Huesca, located in the Pyrenees at the confluence of rivers Esera and Isabena. It is the
administrative capital of the region. It is one of the areas of Aragon in which is still preserved the Aragonese language.
The Battle of Graus took place here, and Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracian y Morales was exiled here. During the Spanish Civil War, the
village of Graus served as a fairly important local commercial center. It was a libertarian stronghold and a centre of collectivization at that time.
Culture
Baile de las Espadas (Swords Dance). This dance has a structure consisting of three different musical fragments, known as „Cardelina", „Taninana" and „Culebreta" (Small Snake). It is danced by five groups with a total of twenty dancers and two „repatanes". Dressed in different outfits, the most striking is that used by the middle frame, whose dancers wears pompous lace, stockings, gloves, necklaces and flowered hats. The explanation for this costume can be found in trying
to incorporate the feminine element in a male dance that, originally, was in honour of strength, virility and fertility.
GastronomyThe most known dish in Graus is
the longaniza, one of the delicacies of this region and
awarded with the brand "Q for Quality" in Aragon. Its
importance is emphasized each year with the celebration of the
„Longaniza Day", the last weekend of July.
The „chireta" is a typical dish of this region of Aragon, which is made up of lamb guts stuffed with rice and meat. Finally the guts are sewn and then boiled.
Geography
The municipality of Graus today includes the towns of: Abenozas, Aguilar, Aguinalíu, Bellestar, Benavente Aragon, Castarlenas, Centenera, Eixep, Güel,
Chuseu, Panillo, La Puebla de Fantova, La Puebla del Mon, Pueyo de Marguillén, El Soler, Torres de Esera, Torre de Obato, Torrelabad, Torres del
Obispo and Las Ventas de Santa Lucía.
Bibliography
• www.huescalamagia.es• www.google.es• www.radiohuesca.com
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