Festivals and fairs

In Andalucía, festivals and fairs are very varied popular celebrations exhibiting the different folkloric traditions of our land.

The origin of many of the festivals is religious: Semana Santa (Easter) in Andalucía; Corpus, in Granada; Las Cruces de Mayo in Córdoba, Almería and Granada; El Rocío of Almonte, etc.

No festival takes place without the presence of music, be it singing, dancing or playing instruments.

But we also celebrate non-religious festivals in our community: Carnival in Cádiz and, in other cities, the Vendimia in Jerez or the Moros y Cristianos festival of Granada.

Fairs ( ferias) arose several centuries ago with the purpose of buying or selling agricultural products, crafts and livestock. Currently their character is purely festive. The Feria de Abril de Sevilla, the Feria de Malaga, or the Feria del Caballo in Jerez de la Frontera are renowned for their attractiveness and international fame.

What have I learned?

1 Read and complete in your notebook.

• Sound travels in waves through ? , ? , and some other mediums.

• Any ? we listen to has got four qualities: ? , ? , ? , and ?

• The beat generates the ? .... .

2 Look and write the corresponding bar in your notebook. Play with percussion.

Copy and colour in your notebook: if you know the answer if you needed help if you haven’t been able to answer it

3 Read and write in your notebook each star code the word it corresponds to according to its accent.

How have I learned? TARGET IN ACTION

1 Copy in your notebook this protractor and asign the 180° between these three musical abilities, depending on how well you have done in each one of them.

Timeline Arrange your favourite songs in a playlist. On a timeline, indicate the order of steps you would follow to send them to a group of boys and girls who haven’t got internet access. You can use the following graphic organiser.

Where do they live?

How can I justify my project?

Interpretating songs

Interpretating using a bar instruments

Movement and dance

What NGOs work in the area and how can I contact them?

In what format can I send the songs and how?