Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

We have already finished watching the film of the princess mononoke with our english teacher Maria.We've seen it in original version: in Japonese with subtitles in spanish and because this year in my school we're working the saustenibility.

The princess Mononoke is a movie with Japanese animation from the director Hayao Miyazaki . "Mononoke" is not a name, it's a general term in Japanese for a spirit/god/monster of the natural world.

I think that in this film Hayao Miyazaki tries to give us a vision about the love to the nature, in which the humans and nature aren't in a constant fight.

The Story:The story of Princess Mononoke is about a young warrior called Ashitaka.He got a wound in a fight with a devil and he must look for a cure . Along the way he finds a town which is changing the environment. Industry and war threaten to overtake the natural forces of good. Ashitaka must try to end the conflict and cure his affliction before it's too late.

Bomb at the T-4

Bomb at Madrid's airport

A powerful car bomb exploded at the car park of Madrid's international airport of Barajas on 30th of December, leaving two people dead and at least 26 wounded. The terrorists were the Basque separatist group of ETA.The bomb contained between 18 to 20 kg of explosives.
It was Eta's first attack since the group declared a permanent cease fire in March,(9 months ago).
With the explosion in the Terminal 4 parking, the terrorist band has achieved one of the major expansive waves of their history: they've broken the peace process, the great political bet of Zapatero's government.

Hannuka

In the Jewish culture there is a thousand-year-old tradition not related to the Christian Christmas,that is celebrated in December and the children also receive gifts.
It is called Hanukah's festivity and evokes the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Temple that took place in 165 b.C.That's why it receives the name of the festivity, since Hanukah, in Hebrew means inauguration.
For years, in the Temple of Jerusalem, other polytheistic people from the Middle East installed pagan idols and stole part of its treasures.

It is in the year 165 b.C. when took place the expulsion of the population who was occupaying Jerusalem and the Jewish people recovered the Temple.
In that occasion, when the Jews wanted to light the chandelier of the Temple, they found only one pitcher of oil and according to their calculations it would last only one day. But a miracle took place and the oil of the chandelier lasted for eight days.That's why Hanuka's festivity begins the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev (December for the Christians).

For eight days that the celebration lasts, and after sunset, they dedicate a few minutes to the ceremony of lighting the candles. The chandelier that is used in this holiday has nine arms: one is in the middle, called Shamash (in Hebrew "servant"), and four to each side of the Shamash in the same position. The first day they light the shamash and with it another candle.The second day they light again the shamash and with it two candles.And this way successively up to completing eight candles in the eighth night.

The children are the big beneficiaries since it is a tradition for the parents to give coins(Hanuka's money) or other gifts,like games, songs and delicious recipes to the kids.