La cultura celta en España

For our project this semester we chose to research the Celtic culture in the north of Spain. Our aim was to become more aware of the similarities between the north of Spain and other countries, specifically Scotland. After researching the history of Celtic culture in Spain, we found many key areas that expressed similarities between the two countries. For example, the traditional music in the north of Spain is very similar as they have their own form of bagpipes called 'gaitas'. Also, some of the Celtic ruins and scenery in northern Spain look very similar to Scotland as you can see in our poster. Another area we researched was the language of northern Spain. We discovered that there has been no recent Celtic language spoken in this area however there are some Galician words that are of Celtic origin. We chose this topic as we are aware that not many people know of the similarities between Scotland and Spain as most people only associate Spain with flamenco music rather than Celtic music and sunny beaches rather than Celtic ruins. We hope to have shown the interesting and surprising similarities between two very different countries and the diversity of Spain.