Good evening! We are José María, Francisco and Juan Antonio and you are listening to the podcast sixth episode belonging to the IES Mediterráneo Podcast Project. In this week recording, we are going to have a look at Molvízar.

First of all, however, let us start with our introductions:

 Hello, my name is José María and I live in Molvízar, in Amapola street, an area known as La Vega. At the moment I´m studying the first year of Bachillerato at the secondary school IES Mediterráneo in Salobreña. Moreover, I have one brother and one sister: my elder brother is twenty-one and my little sister is eleven. My favourite hobby is sport because I like playing basketball, football, tennis, and so on. My favourite football team is the Real Madrid and I hate the F.C. Barcelona team. Others of my hobbies are computers and playing the guitar: I like playing the electric guitar.

Hello, my name is Francisco. I live in Molvízar, in Camilo José Cela street. At the moment I am studying the first year of Bachillerato at the secondary school IES Mediterráneo in Salobreña. I have two brothers, one is fifteen and the other is six. My favourite sport is football and my favourite football team is the F.C Barcelona. My favourite football player is Ronaldihho, who plays in the F.C. Barcelona team. I also like listening to all types of music, such as pop, rock, heavy metal…

Hello, my name is Juan and I live in Lobres, which is a small town three kilometres away from Molvízar. José and Francisco are my classmates. I have two sisters younger than me, my little sister´s name is Zaira and my eldest sister is Natalia. I like computers very much and I have been doing karate since I was nine. I like going out with my friends whenever I can to enjoy myself.

 Now, it’s time we focused on the main facts about Molvízar, the town where two of us come from:

 Concerning its geographical location, Molvízar is a little town on the coast of Granada. It is located at the bottom of the Chaparral mountains. These mountains are known among the people of the town as Jurite. The municipal territory of Molvízar is 20.7 square kilometres and this geographical position makes other towns feel jealous because the people from Molvízar have the mountains and the beach only eight kilometres away.

Moreover, in relation to its landscape, flora and fauna, in the past, Molvízar was a wonderful town located between the carrasco pine forest of the Chaparral mountains and a marvellous territory watered by a system which the Moors established when they stayed in Spain and dominated the town. Nowadays the landscape has changed very much: that pine forest has been burnt by summer fires and the irrigated regions have become land for construction, which obviously contributes to the destruction of the landscape.

Many animals run through these lands, but less than in the past years, when the forest was still virgin and any disaster had happened. However, we can find some animal species such as the wild board, the blackbirds, the partridges and so on, in the middle and high areas; and in the high areas, we can find wild goats and eagles.

The vegetal species in our forests aren’t much varied. The wild species include the carrasco pines, the holm oaks and the locust trees.

If we talk about the economy of this town, we can say that it is mainly based on the agriculture: we could say that 60% of its inhabitants continue practicing this activity, in greenhouses or outdoors. Tourism is not one of the biggest industries, though recently we can observe a slight increase in tourism activities, which so far benefits innkeepers.

 The Molvízar society consists of humble people. It is a relatively old population but this situation is changing with the arrival of immigrants from the east and the north of Africa.

The main tradition of its inhabitants is “ir de choto”, which implies a meal in family on 6th January, when a kid is cooked. The ancient habit of the pig slaughter and the party around this fact also persist.

Finally, let us talk about our popular festivities.

On 26th July Catholics celebrate Santa Ana’s day and the people enjoy themselves with the festivities that the Commission of Celebrations organizes. These celebrations last about 5 days: usually between the 23^rd and 28^th. During this celebration nobody must miss the representation of  Moros y Cristianos, in the Constitución square.

This representation has a great tradition in Molvízar and is an unavoidable appointment for everyone coming on 7^th October, when we celebrate the festivity of the Virgin of Rosario, in which there is a festival at night. The celebrations of the carnival, the Candelaria, day of the Cruz (Cross Day) and a cultural week are other outstanding activities, too.

Well, that was all. We hope you have found this information interesting and you want to visit our town.

Thanks for listening!

ACTIVITIES

1. Listen to the previous podcast file and fill in the blanks:

Concerning its geographical location, Molvízar is a little town on the .......... of Granada. It is located at the bottom of the Chaparral mountains. These mountains are .......... among the people of the town as Jurite. The municipal territory of Molvízar is 20.7 .......... .......... and this geographical position makes other towns feel .......... because the people from Molvízar have the mountains and the .......... only eight kilometres .......... .
 

2.  Draw up an outline of what you have understood with primary and secondary ideas. Try to put titles to the six main sections.

3. Can you describe what a 'cultural week' is supposed to be?

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