breogan's lighthouse

Breogan's lighthouse is an anthology of Galician Literature that you can now read in English, written by  Antonio de Toro and published by Francis Boutle .  They are publishing anthologies of literatures of those lesser known European Languages as Manx, Breton and so many, those languages are alive and kicking, you can not say the same about  Cornish.

Midsummer night

Loreena McKennitt

Tonight is  Summer Solstice, Midsummer Night , Bonfire Night or St. John's Eve 

  

Have a great bonfire tonight!

And now learn about Loreena McKennit and her opinion about Santiago:

Loreena McKennitt : read some pages of her diary with her views about Santiago
Just performed in Santiago de Compostella in the Galician area of Spain...misty and lush as we arrived from more arid areas of the country; clearly Celtic territory in the language and music, and a place I must visit again soon...We arrived a day early; band et alii went for a wonderful Sunday lunch and then wandered over to the cathedral to observe the wonderful faces on the Portico.

In Santiago again - Santiago de Compostella (St. James in the Field of Stars)...had occasion to return to Galicia and Santiago sooner than I'd thought...I learned the story behind the city. Supposedly the remains of St. James arrived mysteriously in the village of Padron (which we visited...lovely line of trees along the waterway leading to the place where the relics were found) and interred here in Santiago...

Loreena McKennitt is from Canada and this is her composition "Santiago" based in traditional Galician music:





Enjoy your Bonfire night (that is the way it is called in Ireland) and remember that this day is not only celebrated in Galicia.

Shrove Tuesday

Did you believe that Galician people were the only ones in the whole world who eat pancakes? you were wrong. Today, Shrove Tuesday, is Pancake Day in Great Britain and Ireland, and everyone eats pancakes before lent time starts tomorrow, Ash Wednesday.
If you don't feel like eating now, you can exercise participating in a Pancake race.

Click to learn about pancake day.

The Guardian brings you some tips to cook the best pancakes in town.
The Great Spitafield Pancake Race in YouTube.
Enjoy your Shrove Tuesday!

Galician culture

here you have Alba's views on Galicia
There are a lot of important aspects of Galician culture: the language, food, places, parties, monuments…
The most important thing of the Galician culture is its language; called galician. Galician language comes from Latin. Most Galician people talk Galician.
Other very important things of Galicia are the places and the monuments.
If you come to Galicia you can see very wonderful places as Sil Canyons, Cathedrals, beaches, Cies Islands, dunes of Corrubedo… And monuments you can see near here, as Hercules Tower, or Santiago’s Cathedral.
Some people come to Galicia to the parties. The most important parties are The party of seafood, the best in the world; The festival of Ortigueira, where young people meet for a few days and there they can listen to folk music in a lot of concerts. Others important parties are San Roque, in Betanzos, where a balloon is launched, the biggest in the world; and San Froilan, in Lugo, where there are concerts and attractions and where a lot of people go.
Galicia has very good food as octopus, pork leg with vegetables, pancakes, Galician caldo (kind of soup)...
Many tourist come to Galicia for its weather. People who live in a hot country come to Galicia looking for cool weather.
In conclusion Galicia is very wonderful, living here is great!

Thanks, Alba by your post. :)