{"id":2733,"date":"2011-05-06T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2011-05-06T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:13:02","slug":"nos-vamos-de-cruces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/nos-vamos-de-cruces\/","title":{"rendered":"Nos vamos de Cruces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quiz\u00e1 pens\u00e9is que en Espa\u00f1a llega el buen tiempo y comenzamos a festejar. Y creo que es verdad. Ahora mismo se est\u00e1 celebrando la feria de Sevilla, com\u00fanmente conocida como \u201cFeria de Abril\u201d aunque este a\u00f1o cae en mayo. Tambi\u00e9n hemos celebrado hace d\u00edas una fiesta t\u00edpica en varias provincias andaluzas, incluida Granada: el D\u00eda de la Cruz.<\/p>\n

Cada 3 de Mayo tenemos una buena excusa para vestirse de flamencos, bailar sevillanas mientras el cuerpo aguante, y ya que es la \u00e9poca, comer habas y sala\u00edllas acompa\u00f1adas de una copita de fino o el famoso (y peligroso por la resaca que provoca) \u201crebujito\u201d .<\/p>\n

Las comunidades de vecinos, colegios y dem\u00e1s instituciones llenan las calles con cruces hechas con claveles, y adornadas con cacharros tradicionales: peroles de cobre, lebrillos, macetas, mantones de manila, y en Granada sin faltar el \u201cpero\u201d y la tijera clavada. Aunque podemos pensar que esto tiene un significado oculto, arraigado en supersticiones, tan solo se trata de un juego visual de palabras: en algunas zonas de Andaluc\u00eda a la manzana se le llama \u201cpero\u201d. \u00a0Por esa raz\u00f3n se coloca en el \u201cpero\u201d unas tijeras, para cortar las cr\u00edticas: \u201cEs bonita, pero<\/em> le falta\u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n

Esta colorida fiesta popular parece tener raiz en el hallazgo de la cruz de Cristo por Santa Elena, madre del emperador Constantino. Cuenta la leyenda que cuando la se\u00f1ora lleg\u00f3 a Jerusal\u00e9n, arranc\u00f3 incluso con tortura a los sacerdotes de la ciudad donde se escond\u00eda la cruz en la que muri\u00f3 Jesucristo. Encontr\u00f3 tres, y para averiguar cu\u00e1l era, colocaron sobre ellas el cad\u00e1ver de un joven. Cuando fue depositado sobre la verdadera, el joven resucit\u00f3, y desde entonces celebramos este d\u00eda 3 de Mayo. \u00a0Este ser\u00eda el origen religioso de la fiesta, aunque la tradici\u00f3n va hasta las lejanas fiestas romanas y grecolatinas de mayo, donde se celebraba el renacimiento de la naturaleza.<\/p>\n

Hoy d\u00eda quiz\u00e1 se ha perdido el trasfondo religioso y pagano, pero es la ocasi\u00f3n perfecta para disfrutar del buen tiempo, un buen vino, la compa\u00f1\u00eda de los amigos y un precioso paseo por las cruces m\u00e1s emblem\u00e1ticas de la ciudad. \u00a1As\u00ed que id aprendiendo a bailar sevillanas para disfrutar de las cruces el a\u00f1o pr\u00f3ximo!<\/p>\n

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You may think that in Spain we start celebrating festivities as soon as the nice weather arrives. And I think that is true. As we speak, the fair of Seville, commonly known as ” Seville’s April Fair ” is being held, although it falls on May this year. We also celebrated just a few days ago a typical holiday in several Andalusian provinces, Granada included: the Day of the Holy Cross.<\/p>\n

Every May 3rd we have a good excuse to wear flamenco dresses, dance sevillanas<\/em> for as long as we are sound in wind and limb, and as this is their harvest time, eat broad beans and sala\u00edllas<\/em> (typical salty bread) with a glass of fino<\/em> (white wine) \u00a0or the famous (and dangerous because of its hangover) rebujito<\/em> (a mixture of dry sherry and Seven up).<\/p>\n

Neighbors associations, schools, and other institutions fill the streets with crosses made with carnations, and adorned with traditional objects: copper pots, bowls, flowerpots, manila shawls, and in Granada you never miss an apple stabbed by a pair of scissors. Although we could imagine that this has a secret meaning based on superstition, it is simply a visual pun: in some parts of Andalusia an apple is called \u201cpero<\/em>” (the same as the conjunction “but” in Spanish). That’s why we place the \u201cpero\u201d with the scissors, to cut criticism: “It is nice, but<\/em> it lacks\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

This colourful popular festivity seems to have its roots in the finding of Christ’s cross by Saint Elena, the mother of the emperor Constantine. As the legend goes, when the lady arrived in Jerusalem, she extracted from the city priests, even using torture, the location where the cross on which Jesus Christ died was hidden. She found three, and to find out which was the right one, she placed the corpse of a young person on them. When a corpse was put on the real one, the youth was brought back to life, and since then we celebrate that day every May 3rd. This would be the religious origin of the celebration, but the tradition dates back to ancient Roman and Greco-Roman May festivities, where the rebirth of nature was celebrated.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, we may have lost the religious and pagan background, but it is the perfect occasion to enjoy the good weather, a good wine, the company of friends and a wonderful walk along the most emblematic crosses of the city. So start learning how to dance sevillanas to enjoy our \u201ccrosses\u201d next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Quiz\u00e1 pens\u00e9is que en Espa\u00f1a llega el buen tiempo y comenzamos a festejar. Y creo que es verdad. Ahora mismo se est\u00e1 celebrando la feria de Sevilla, com\u00fanmente conocida como \u201cFeria de Abril\u201d aunque este a\u00f1o cae en mayo. Tambi\u00e9n hemos celebrado hace d\u00edas una fiesta t\u00edpica en varias provincias andaluzas, incluida Granada: el D\u00eda…<\/p>\n

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