France Festivals

In http://www.francefestivals.com you can find all the information about the france festivals, you can search your festival of interes by date, kind and region.

Listening Activity

Manu Chao - Bongo Bong

Activity

1) Try to follow the lyric singing loudly (it isn’t easy)

Lyrics | Manu Chao - Bongo Bong lyrics

2) Find the missing words

Mama was _____of the mambo

papa was _____ of the kongo

deep down in a jungle

last up banging life has Bongo

Everybody ____ to be

in my _____ instead of me

cause I´m the king of Bongo

_____ I´m the king of Bongo Bong

I went to the big ____

where there is a lot of sound

from the _____ to the city

looking for a bigger crown

So I play my Bongee

for the_____ of this city

but they don´t go _____

when I´m banging all my boogie

I´m the...

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The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race that covers around 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi) throughout France and bordering countries. The race lasts 23 days and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears a yellow jersey. The course changes every year but it has always finished in Paris and in more recent years along the Champs-Élysées. There are similar races in Italy and Spain, but the Tour de France is the oldest, most prestigious and best known.

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The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

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The Arch of Triumph is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the "Place de l'Étoile". It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I .

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Religion

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Manu Chao Biography

A French singer, his name is José Manuel Thomas Arthur, he was born on June 21 of 1961 in Paris - France; son of spanish parents, Felisa Ortega and Ramon Chao, who move to Paris to escape Francos's dictatorship.

His main feature is that he sings in the French, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Arabic, English and Wolof languages, often mixing them in the same song. The Chao's lyrics are about love, living in ghettos, immigration, and often carry a left-wing message.

At age of 14 years had his first group called "Joint de Culasse", in 1987 Chao, his brothers and his cousin founded the band "Mano Negra", they released and triumphed with a reworked version of "mala vida" (a single of "Hot Points", after a long season in the group (from 1987 to 1994), began his single career.

Some of his famous songs are

Me gustas tu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgjiPBCsss

bongo bong & Je ne t'aime plus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m7hxzwW0qw

Desaparecido

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2W4wglPW2c