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Happy St. Patricks Day!

Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland was not born there. Some say he
was born in Scotland, England, or even France, and that his name was
Maewyn, of Succat. Most likely, he was born in a small village near the
Severn River in Wales about A.D 385.
Until he was 16, he was a lawless, immoral, heathen rascal. One a day a
group of Irish bandits raided his village, kidnapping him a many young
men and women to sell as slaves in Ireland. It was during his six years
of slavery and solicitude that he became religious. Escaping to France,
he studied in a monastery. He was appointed second bishop of
Ireland, and adopted the Christian name of Patrick.
Despite being arrested many times by the Druid priest who
opposed him, he always managed to escape. He travelled throughout
Ireland founding churches, monasteries and schools.
St. Patrick died in March 17, about A.D 461, and is believed to be
buried in Downpatrick.

Why a Shamrock?

Saint Patrick asked the people to imagine the three leaves of the
shamrock as representing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the
stem the single Godhead. After his death, his followers wore a
shamrock as a religious symbol on is birthday.

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St. Patricks Day

1. According to the text, its main idea is ____________________
( ) St. Patrick was born in Ireland.
( ) a description of St. Patrick life.
( ) St. Patrick loved England and France.
( ) St. Patrick was the creator of the shamrock.
2. The purpose of the text is to tell us ______________________
( ) when St. Patrick died.
( ) about St. Patricks life.
( ) when St. Patrick was born.
( ) that St Patrick was buried in Downpatrick.
3. From the text, you can infer that _________________________
( ) St Patrick was a saint all his life.
( ) a person has to live a perfect life.
( ) people hated St. Patrick because of his humility.
( ) a person can be a saint even though he was once a criminal.
4. What was the real name of St. Patrick? ____________________
( ) Merlyn or Agust.
( ) Camelot or Julios.
( ) Jonnas or Boltront.
( ) Maewyn or Succat.
5. When he was sixteen years old, he was a(n) _________________
( ) immoral, friendly boy.
( ) lawless, immoral, guy.
( ) religious, obedient person.
( ) mean, dishonest, and religious person.
6. What does the shamrock mean for St Patricks followers? It is a symbol of St.
Patricks __________
( ) death.
( ) humility.
( ) friendliness.
( ) religiousness.
7. A shamrock represents _____________________
( ) Jesus.

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( ) Trinity.
( ) Mary Virgin.
( ) Saint divines.

Our Indigenous
Our indigenous people transformed the Spanish
dances according to their perception, explains Nago
Torres, coordinator of the National Gallery of Popular
Culture. Folk dances are a way of seeing and feeling
dance and music in the heart; it is spontaneous, not for
stages. Torres, a folk-tradition expert, also explains
that the weepeepia shout commonly uttered by
cowboys at bullfights, rodeos and similar events has
become a spontaneous expression of joy that is
uniquely guanacasteco.

It is a genuine expression from the heart that says

Here I am! I have arrived! he explains, adding that
the shouts origins stem from a folk dance group
that during performances used to cry Agua de pipa
(green coconut water), which eventually evolved to
Wepeepia!

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Our

Indigenous

From the text you can understand that the main idea is the

( ) importance of our traditional dances.

( ) knowledge of Nago Torres about traditions.
( ) folk music and dances are heart expressions.
( ) the transformation of the Spanish dances to Costa Rican Indians
perceptions.
The purpose of the text is to tell us about

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the use of weepeepia.

who was Nago Torres.
our indigenous dances.
folk dances and music in Costa Rica.

What can you infer from the text you listened? That

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they dance in a spontaneous way.

indigenous people created all our dances.
weepeepia is an expression brought by the Spanish.
weepeepia shout expresses what we are feeling at the moment.

Weepeepia is commonly shouted by

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priests.
farmers.
teachers.
cowboys.

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A weepeepia shout at a bullfight is a genuine expression from the heart that

says

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here I go.
here I am.
here we are.
there you go.

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