Last Thursday, we had a fantastic day of Saint Jordi.
The school had been previously decorated with the art works by students in 4th of ESO. As you can see in the pictures, they painted a fantastic dragon and drew plenty of pictures with symbols associated to the festivity.
In the morning, we enjoyed the celebration at school with different activities: a poetry reading, a short play, songs by the school choir and by the guitar group, dancing etc. Also, something which is really traditional: the ceremony in which everyone knows the winners of our literary contest. Participants had written either poems or short stories in Spanish, Catalan, French or English. By the way, some of the students who usually collaborate on this blog got a prize. Maybe they want to share their compositions with us.
We also read a sentence from La Plaça del Diamant by Mercè Rodoreda, a very important Catalan woman writer, in all the languages spoken at school. There were 18 different languages!!!!!!!!!!!
We were free in the afternoon (that really makes a difference!!!) and it was fantastic because the weather was sunny and warm and we could spend quite a few hours strolling to see the roses and book stalls. Did you buy or got any books as a present? Any roses? Or both?
If you want to get a glimpse of the beauty of this celebration in Catalonia, just have a look at the images of this Flickr group named "Day of Saint Jordi.. a book.. a rose.."
2 comments:
I forgot to tell you that I got the book "Playing the Enemy" by John Carlin about Nelson Mandela. Though, as everybogy else in Spain, right now I'm reading the Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I got hooked with the first one and now I'm reading the second "The Girl who played with fire". Is he so popular in Poland?
I really like Sant Jordi!
it's one of my favourite festivities because I like geting roses from boys, and also, I like participate for win any prize.
This year I win a prize of mathematical photography :)
kiseees!
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