We get together for a traditional Spanish dance

We practiced the "paloteao", a typical dance from the Pyrenees and our region, Aragón. It is danced with sticks made from local wood, and accompanied by traditional music.
How great it is seeing children from four different countries and cultures dance together to the beat of the music!!!!

Practicing the "Paloteau" dance

We have 10 pupils from the 7th and 8th grade in our school in Iceland that will be visiting Spain soon. 
In the middle of Febuary we hade a Spanish theme day. The kids going to Spain focused on "paloteau" the traditional dance from the Aragonese Pyrenees. 

Spanish theme day in Iceland

In the middle of Febuary our students in the 7th-10th grade in our school in Stokkseyri put on a school project where they paid tribute to Aragon, the North Spanish community and their cultural heritage. 

Students decorated the school, put on some interesting shows and lectures about wildlife, geography, history and culture, learned the Paleo stick dance and manufactured a wonderful Tapas fiesta. 

Making the Erasmu+ wall for the school in Stokkseyri.

How should we design the Erasmus+ wall?

Preppering a tapas fiesta!

Making presentations.

Fun in the kitchen

Our Paleo stick dancers that will be visiting Spain soon.

Our journalists

Pupils listening to the presentations. 

 The last but not least! TAPAS FIESTA!

Folklove

Children learning a quite different dance, representive of the history of Jaca. The dynamic and the acoustic that is created through the tapping of wooden sticks and the dancing figures is great!

Learning to dance a "paloteau"

Some children in Spain are learning to dance a "paloteau". It is a traditional dance from the Pyrenees in which the dancers use wooden sticks which they play to the beat of the music.