Cabalgata de Reyes

inter2ling 12/01/2017

Children in Spain don’t receive their presents from Santa, at least not all.  The Three Wise Men (Los Reyes Magos)  bring most of them on the night of the 5th January.

Every year Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar arrive in spectacular parades (cabalgatas de reyes) with a very welcoming reception from children and parents.

Sometimes these parades explore a topic, allowing children to learn with delight.  Zaragoza’s 2017 cabalgata explored the topic of the planets.  Previously, the city council published a booklet explaining the programme for the parade and giving information to children about the planets.  You can access it by clicking the link below.

cabalgata_reyeshttp://zaragoza.es/contenidos/navidad/cabalgata-interestelar.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Navigate the leaflet and find out which planets match the following days of the week

dias de la semana

1 lunes, 2 martes, 3 miércoles, 4 jueves, 5 viernes, 6 sábado, 7 domingo

planetas

a-Saturno, b-Mercurio, c-Venus, d-Júpiter, e-Luna, f-Marte

2 Where do “Los Reyes Magos” come from? Match the name of each king with the continent

1-Gaspar, 2-Baltasar, 3-Melchor

a-Europa, b-Asia, c-África

3 Now you can watch this video, an extract from this year’s Cabalgata in Zaragoza

 

4 Barcelona had a very spectacular Cabalgata this year.  Watch an extract.

5 Finally you can see the firework (fuegos artificiales) display in la Cabalgata de Madrid.

Los Reyes Magos visit every single town in Spain, no matter how small or remote they are.

In Sabiñánigo (a town in the mountains) the children were waiting for them in the Plaza

sabi-belen

bal-sabi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Biscarrués (a very small village) they brought presents for everybody.  First they stop in the tiny hamlet of Piedramorrera.

reyes-biscarrues

reyes-piedramorrera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want them to visit you next year you must:

1. write a letter to one of the Reyes telling him what you want.

2. polish your shoes and leave them on the window sill on the evening of the 5th January,

3, remember: if you haven’t behaved well enough you might get just a lump of coal, which considering it’s current price, is not too bad!

If you want to see the full version of the cabalgatas, you can do it on youtube or online TV.

La cabalgata de Madrid: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/especiales-navidad/cabalgata-reyes-2017/3856833/

La Cabalgata de Zaragoza, Huesca y Teruel: http://alacarta.aragontelevision.es/por-fecha/5 enero/aragon en abierto

I want to thank my friends in Spain for sharing their photos and videos with all of us. Gracias, chicos!

Now it’s your turn; did you like Las Cabalgatas de Reyes?  Share it with us.

 

Soluciones

1 Navigate the leaflet and find out which planets match the following days of the week

dias de la semana

1 lunes/e-Luna , 2 martes/ f-Marte, 3 miércoles/b-Mercurio , 4 jueves/  d-Júpiter, 5 viernes/ c-Venus, 6 sábado/a-Saturno, 7 domingo/ dominicus (day of the lord)

 

2 Where do “Los Reyes Magos” come from? Match the name of each king with the continent

1-Gaspar/b-Asia, 2-Baltasar/c-África, 3-Melchor/a-Europa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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