Galicia

Our world inside the world

Maloserá!

E ló?

Que

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, nen

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Onde vas,

paspallán?

Imos aló!Sen tempo non era!

Seica chove!

Que tes, meu?

Gali… what?

Spain is composed of 17 autonomous communities plus 2 autonomous cities that are located in Africa (Ceuta and Melilla). Galicia is one of them and it’s the one we come from.

It’s located northwest of Spain and it shares borders with Portugal.

These communities have its own cultural background and traditions, and in some cases they have a specific language that coexists with Spanish. One of these being Galicia, where we have Galician.

(In case you haven’t guessed it, the Galician flag is in this presentation’s background)

Galician is really similar to Portuguese and in fact they were once the same language, until they split in two.

Some quick data

- We invented table football.

- Total population: 2,765,940 (2013)

- Capital: Santiago de Compostela.

- Total area: 29,574,4 km2

- Largest city: Vigo (296,479 inhabitants)

- Four provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra.

- Over 1660 km of coastline.

- Most inhabitants live in rural areas.

- There are 30,000 villages with less than 500 inhabitants.

- There are 7 towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants.

- Is it true that Galician people answer questions with another question?- Do we?

EmigrationGalicia’s history has been affected by emigration more than any other Iberian region in modern times.

The significant Galician emigration took place in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries to other parts of Spain, Europe and America.

Between 1900 and 1981, the net outflow of people from Galicia was more than 825,000.

South America has the largest number of people of Galician descent outside of Spain. Several millions South Americans are descendant of Galician immigrants.

So many Galicians were among the Spanish that arrived to Argentina in the great migrations of the first half of the 20th century that the term gallegos (Galicians) is commonly used for all Spaniards.

Galicia in images

The muiñeira is the traditional dance.

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Bagpipes (or gaitas) are the most commonly used instrument in Galician traditional music.

Galicia was occupied for centuries by celtic people.

Galician culture is influenced by this.

Shellfish is very commonly eaten in Galicia.

The queimada is made from Galician augardente, sugar, lemon, coffee beans and cinnamon. When prepared, a spell is recited and then the queimada is set alight.

San Juan is a pagan festivity in which bonfires are lit in beaches to celebrate the arrival of summer solstice.

(We like setting things into fire, as you can see)

Did we say we invented table football?

Cool Galician places!

Cies Islands

Praia de Rodas (located in the Cies Islands) Named “The best beach in the world” by The Guardian.

Tower of Hercules (A Coruña)

Beach of the cathedrals (Lugo)

Ría de Vigo (Vigo)

Cabo Finisterre (Finisterre) Was believed to be the end of the world.

A couple videos

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Bonus: Pickup lines in Galician!

Moza, casa conmigo que teño vacas! – Marry me, darling, for I have cows!

És máis juapa cun arado con peghatinas! – You’re prettier than a plow with stickers!

Nena, ghastas pista? – Girl, do you wanna dance?

Os teus si que son ollos, e non os das patacas! – Yours really are eyes, and not those of potatoes!

Ghuapa, ghuapa, non é, pero ten un pelaso… – She’s not so pretty, but she has such a hair…

Se foses a miña nai, o meu pai ía durmir ó palleiro – If you were my mother, my father would fall asleep in the haystack.

E logho ti, de quen ves sendo? – And you, which family do you come from?

Source: tipsypilgrim.com

Start taking notes!You’ll see here how funny Galician accent is.

Grazas, nenos!Thank you, dudes!