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Simple Stories in Spanish

La celebración de las Fallas

Simple Stories in Spanish

Small Town Spanish Teacher

Education, Spanish, Language Learning, Stories, Fiction, Practice, Arts, Listening, Learning, Language

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This fourth season of Simple Stories in Spanish is focusing on celebrations. One of my favorite fiestas occurs in March in the city of Valencia, España. San José (St. Joseph) is the patron saint of Valencia and in his honor, they build impressive life-like sculptures. They also decorate a tall statue of the Virgen María with sweet-smelling carnations and light up the sky with “fuegos artificiales”, or fireworks. This legend is told in the both the present and past tenses. Repeated words and p...

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Ola, and bienvened those this episode

0:03.4

of the simple stories in Spanish.

0:05.0

One of my favorite fiestas occurs in March in the city of Valencia,

0:09.2

Espa, San Jose is the patron saint of Valencia and in his honor they build impressive

0:16.2

lifelike sculptures. They also decorate a tall statue of the Virgin Maria

0:21.9

with sweet-smelling carnations and light up the sky with

0:25.2

Fuego's artificiales or fireworks. I'm excited to share with you today the

0:30.4

celebration of the Las Faias.

0:33.0

Some words that will help you understand this story better include Madera, which means

0:38.1

wood, Kema, meaning burn, and bestido, which means dress.

0:46.0

When I have 10 years,

0:49.0

you have the opportunity to year Avelent celebration of the Sfayas.

0:57.0

Daste the first moment is staba encantad with the fayas.

1:04.0

It was a celebration unica and incredible.

1:08.0

The Santo Patron de Valensia, Espa, is San Jose.

1:14.4

If not with those Santos' catolikos,

1:17.2

San Jose is the esposo of the Virgin Maria,

1:21.3

Madre de Jesuchristo.

1:23.0

The public mention that Jose was a carpentero.

1:27.0

So Saint Jose, tambien, is the Santo patron of the carpenteros.

1:32.0

Abeau, a tradition. Santo Patron of Pateros.

1:33.0

A Bia a tradition of the Carpenters of Kemar Madera in the most of Marzo.

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