In the 9th century BC, the Celtics settled from central Europe. In the 8th century BC, the Iberian Peninsula was invaded successively by people not of the same clan, and was ruled by the Romans, the Visigothic and Moors for a long time. Spanish struggled against the alien in a long term and got the victory of Restoration Movement in 1492, then established the first European country with unified central throne. Spain became a sea power in the sixteenth century, but it declined gradually. In 1931 the dynasty was overthrow, and they established the republic; in 1936 they establish a coalition government led by the popular front. n 1936, Franco launched civil war to step into power and announced Spain as the monarchy in 1947. On July 1976, the King appointed O Suarez as the prime minister and then started to transit to western democracy.Design christian louboutin shoes on Doll's Festival
As the official language in Spain, Spanish originated in ancient Latin, and it has more than 1,000 years' history up to now. Spanish is the universal language of some countries in Latin America, Equatorial Guinea in Africa, and few countries in North Africa, and even some regions of Philippine. There are 230 million people speak Spanish all over the world at present. Spanish is one of the eight common languages of the U.N. In Spain, wherever you were, if you came across acquaintances or friends, even passer-by, they would say HOLA! to you, which means Hello in English. Spanish's greetings are usually handshake, kiss or hug, which are more or less the same with other western countries, especially Italy, France and Holland.Last Week My Father Chose Ray Ban for My Mother
Handshaking is the most common courtesy. At the first meeting, shake hands while greeting. Generally speaking, the elder stretch out hand first between young and old, the superior first between inferior and superior, the host fist between guest and host. On occasion of a man and a woman, the latter should stretch out hand first, and the man should take care not to press too hard. If the person isn't mean to shake hands with you, you could just greet him by nodding. In daily intercourse, Spanish mainly kiss and hug their acquaintances, friends and colleagues. The most common etiquette is for men and women to kiss each other. In Spain, we can say that this manner is a very ancient one. They kiss different parts of the body when the relation between the two differs.
Kiss lips between couples and unmarried lovers, kiss forehead between elder and younger and kiss cheeks between relatives and friends. Now in meeting or farewell, male and female relatives use the latter way. Kissing cheek can express mutual friendliness and trust. Hug is also the common courtesy when Spanish are getting along with each other. Hug is often divided into positive close-fitting and hug of holding shoulder. Front hug could be commonly seen between couples, sweet lovers, brothers and sisters or the parents with their adult sons and daughters.
The shoulder hug is the way conducted between two men. That is, the side-by-side two men are going forward, one reaches out a hand on another person's shoulders. This kind of action is comparatively informal, it can take the occasion, time and place of regardless, and you can show your friendliness to your colleagues, friends, and family at any time.