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WEEK 39 - Musical identity and radio theatre

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PETRA This week contains two different tasks. The first was to present our favourite music. I have to admit it is almost impossible for me to choose just one piece of music to present. I love music of all genres from mainstream radio pop through oldies or rock and punk rock music to opera and other classics. Finally I decided to choose the Linkin Park song Somewhere I Belong from the album Meteora.

WEEK 39 - AINHOA MERINO

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RADIO THEATRE AND MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS This week we have been lucky enough to look a little bit inside ourselves, and at the same time get to know our classmates a little bit better. I am talking about the musical presentation we did on Tuesday. In it we got to know many facets of our classmates that we didn't know and at the same time we showed how we really were. I, personally, chose a Basque song that is very important to me and in defining my identity.  The song tells the story of a ship that was carrying a treasure for the Basques six hundred years ago. The ship was sunk near the island of Gaztelugatxe near Bermeo. The protagonist dives, finds this treasure at the bottom of the sea and discovers what the treasure was: "the desire of not oppressing anyone, and of not being oppressed". I don't know if you know it, but the Basque people were oppressed for a long time, and our grandfathers and grandmothers were forbidden to speak Basque on the street during Franco...