Culture Inquiry

[ugradstudent]

What were some of the traditional customs shared in Anmoore or Spelter that would have been a part of life in Spain had the immigrants who came to Anmoore or Spelter stayed in Spain?

[Ron Gonzalez]

On my visit to Asturias I found that the food was the same as what I had as a young boy in Spelter. Also the get together in Asturias was the same as we had in Spelter in the film AsturianUS the black and white film showed you some of the good times they had. Also I think that the careing for one and other I also seen that in Asturias ,as well as in Spelter when they say "happy to see you " you know they were sincere . I was in the plaza in Piedras Blancas there were four or five older men arguing, I could close my eyes an just listen it took me back to younger day in Spelter . The men were arguing over something that happed three week before as to what day this happen ,and they all were enjoying the argument .

You feel like you have known them all your life I was at home in Asturias, the people , food the feeling of welcome to the land of your father, as well as your grandparents

[Carlos]

ugradstudent & Ron, as I have seen in the Luis Argeo's film, your picnics in Pinnick Kinnick Hill were very similar to the romerías and jiras here in Asturies. A romería and a jira is basically the same, with only a difference: a romería take place in the context of a religious festivity, but this religious component is absent in a jira.

If you are present in one of those popular festivities, you can see the same things that in the film: friends speaking, dancing, singing, eating, drinking and hearing the bagpipe music.

It's necessary to explain that these festivities are not an old times thing in Asturies, but a nowadays one.

Greetings