Sports
Spanish And French Sports
- futbol - soccer
- rugby
- pélota - players wear baskets on their hands to throw a ball off a wall
- lacrosse
- polo
- tennis
- boules - steel balls used to play games such as la petanque
The art of bullfighting is tauremachy and a bullfighter is a tauremedor. The bullfights are called corridos. Tauremedors who fight before the Bourbon kings are called the matadors, there have only been 20.
Dance, Music, and Art
Dance
The traditional Spanish dances are the fandango, the flamenco, the cha-cha, the tango, and the boléro.
Merengué is a music and dance from Santo Domingo that is performed by stepping and dragging one foot. Salsa music originated in several Caribbean countries. Dançon was made by Cuban immigrants to Mexico. Samba originated in North Africa and was brought to Brazil, which also has bosa-nova.
Mexican traditional music is mariachi, the north of Mexico has norté.
Texas has its own téjano and conjunto music.
Spanish Names and Saints
Spanish Saints and Inglesia
The Office of the Inquisition was a jury of catholic priests who presided at court hearings so to give judgment on the morals of the persecuted. All recidivists (habitual offenders), sluts, prostitutes, satanists, witches, and anyone with hereditary genetic deformations were executed, the same as done to Jews, Islamists, protestants, and other heathens. The Grand Inquisitor was second only to the Pope. For 400 Years from the time of the crusades to the protestant persecution, the French Order of Franciscan friars led the Inquisition by the theology of Santo Domingo de Guzman and made executions such as for the Order of the Templar Knights. For 300 years, then after the Spanish Order of the Dominican friars led the Inquisitions and made over 300 million executions, five million of whom were liberal women. It was the Bourbon Kings and Lafayette, who shut down the Inquisition during the Revolution when they raided the Papacy.
Santo Domingo de Guzman
- He received approval from Pope Honorius III in 1216 to create the Order of Saint Domingo (Santo Domingo de Guzman) and Saint Dominic Preachers (the Dominicans).
- He is the patron saint of Astronomers.
San Ignacio de Loyola
- He was a Spanish knight that founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its Saint Ignatius Loyola
- First Superior General in 1541.
- 38 members have been declared Blessed, and 38 have been canonized as saints in the Society of Jesuits.
San Juan Diego
- Mexico has the world's largest catholic cathedral
- Saint Juan Diego
- Named for patron saint San Diego. It is a cathedrale-major.
- In the Guadeloupé mountains of Mexico, a local Indian named Diego saw a lady appear and she gave him a bundle of roses that he wrapped in his parka. He returned to his village and told a priest, who believed the lady had been Santa Maria. The Vatican keeps Diego's parka which has an image of saint Mary, and he was canonized as a saint, San Diego.
San Juan de Capestrano
- Juan (John), a Franciscan, is the saint of two Spanish missions founded by the friars in North America: Mission San Juan Capistrano in today's Southern California and Mission San Juan Capistrano just outside the city center of today's San Antonio in Texas.
Other Saints
Santiago de Compostella
San Sebatien
San Léon
San Jose
San Benito
San Felipe
San Antonio
San Juan de Capistrano
Various Foods of the Spanish Empire
- Tapas - Spanish bun with tomato and sometimes a slice of tomato with white cheese, anchovy, and a sprig of parsley. Either in complete portions or in half rations - the famous ‘tapas’ – appetizers are usually served before the food.
- Shrimp Fritters - Tortillitas de Camarones
- Spicy Sausage and Cheese Tortilla
- Barbarque Mini Ribs - Costillas
- Foie Toast with Jamon Iberico - Ham
- Morcilla Frita - Fried Black Pudding
- Ceviche
- Paellae - a Spanish traditional rice with chicken, peas, and shellfish cooked in a Mongol wok. Paella is a typical Spanish recipe and is traditionally cooked in a "paellera" - a round flat pan with two handles - which is then put on the table. It is normally made using shellfish but can also be made with chicken or rabbit.
- Chicken paella
- Arroz con costra (Crusty Rice with spare ribs and chicken)
- Arroz negro (black rice)
- Catalan-Style Monkfish paella
- Chicken and shrimp paella
- Arroz-con-pollo - a Puerto Rican dish
- Enchiladas - meat rolled in corn tortillas and smothered in sauce and cheese
- Frijoles-a-la charra - is pinto bean soup
- Tacos - a Mexican-Indian food
- Tostadas - is a fried taco shell topped with meat and pico-de-gallo
- Flautas/Taquitos - rolled tacos that are fried
- Chicken mole – chocolate-covered chicken
- Pasole
- Menudo - soup made with beef tripe
- Carne gisada
- Tamales – Mexican-Indian food made of corn husks covered in manteca (pig lard) and filled with beef. Salvadorian tamales are bigger and filled with both beans and beef.
- Tomato-rice - is the same as French recette
- Burritos
- Chimichanga - is a fried burrito
- Spanish sausages - are Andul sausage and chorizo
- Dulce de guallaba
- Dulce de flan de leche
- Dulce de arroz con leche - rice pudding
- Dulce de coco y queso
- Platanos fritos - Caribbean fried bananas
- Frijoles negros - black beans
- Fricasse de pollo - chicken fricassee
- Carne ripeada tasajo
- Congri colorado
- Yuca con mojo y platanos verdes
- Empanadas de carne y pollo - beef and chicken cakes