Hello,
thanks for the update.
Am 11.10.2006 um 23:27 schrieb David Bawden:
Galicia
in case of Galicia its pure propaganda. As far as I know, there is no
evidence for any "celtic" setlements in Galicia at any time in history.
The languages closest relative is Portuguese and it is mainly based on
latin.
Bagpipes can be found with more or less any group of people who settled
in Europe the last thousand years or so.
Even if being "celtic" is something summed up from
- settlements of someone somewhen in the past who himselves or
someonelse then or later on called "celt"
- people who lived there in the past being supected for having spoken a
language related to what linguists see as close relative of the
language written down by some guys 2000 years ago in the territory the
Romans called "Terra Gallica"
- the use of harps and/or bagpipes in the presence or near past
- an affectation for checked patterns
even then there are other regions in Europe who could be called
"celtic" with the same or more reason as these "seven nations", for
example Bohemia or Greece.
About nations, especially archeological findings on nations, there is a
clever example:
If an archeologist of the future does excavations in Europe he will
find that up to one moment in the past, Coca Cola bottles can only be
found in the western half of the continent (He might call the guys the
Coca-Cola-people). From a certain moment on (known as 1989) these
bottles can be found everywhere in the east too.
If these fact is interpreted the way we tend to interprete historical
findings today, this indicates that the people from western Europe
moved eastwards in big numbers and settled down there (the
Coca-Cola-people moved eastwards).
As we all know, generally spoken, nobody moved, the habit of drinking
Coca Cola moved (If someone moves today its more likely from east to
west).
So somewhen in the last ten years or so, the habit of calling their
ancestors and their culture "celtic" moved to north-west Spain.
kind regards
simon
