FLAMENCO AND THE CULTURES OF SPAIN with IRENE GONZÁLEZ
Sligo Spanish Society are pleased to present a talk and demonstration entitled The Cultures of Spain, with Irene González. The event will take place on Friday, November 18 th , at 8pm in the Yeats Building, Sligo. Spain has been politically unified for centuries, but a closer look can reveal the variety of nationalities, cultures, languages and identities that make up this fascinating, diverse country. Sligo resident, Irene González, has a unique perspective on the various cultures of Spain: her family is from Galicia, in Spain’s North-West, and she speaks gallego at home with her family. S he was born and raised in Catalonia, in the North-East, and also speaks the Catalan language; moreover she has a passion for flamenco culture, which is based in the southern region of Andalucía, and she is an avid flamenco dancer; and yet she is still Spanish, and a speaker of the standard Castillian Spanish language that unites all Spanish people. Irene will talk to us – in E