{"id":11214,"date":"2022-11-29T07:30:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T07:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=11214"},"modified":"2022-11-23T08:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T08:48:56","slug":"la-griteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/la-griteria\/","title":{"rendered":"La Griter\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spanish online reading and listening practice &#8211; level B2<\/h2>\n<p>Every year on December 8, Nicaragua celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary with <em>La Griter\u00eda.<\/em> On this day Nicaraguans construct altars to Mary which are visited by friends, families and neighbours. Children particularly enjoy shouting <em>&#8220;\u00bfQui\u00e9n causa tanta alegr\u00eda?&#8221;<\/em> (who causes so much joy?) and receive small, usually edible gifts referred to as either <em>&#8220;un brindis&#8221;<\/em> or <em>&#8220;una gorra&#8221;<\/em>. 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