On Saturday, Artilugios, an association
sharing the office space with us organized an event which I decided to join. It
was called Ruta Por el Albaicín. which means a tour of the Albaicín and it was organized
jointly with another organization, Amani. The goal of the project was to get
the Granada youth to socialize with people who have arrived recently to Spain
as refugees and are trying to integrate.
First, we got a little introduction to the
work of Amani, which I sadly didn’t really understand, since it was all in
Spanish. Then we had a series of funny icebreaker games to get the group to
loosen up. At some point to the amusement of all the other visitors of the
Triunfo Garden, the whole group of about 30 people was singing the “banana song”
which was truly hilarious.
We then explored the Albaicín, walking up
through the gate on Triunfo Square and hearing about the story of this iconic
neighborhood. After a good hour of walking, we arrived to Mirador San Nicolas,
where we heard a bit about various practices, traditions and rituals related to
water use. Soon after, the tour ended. I admit, for me it was not as
educational as for the Spanish participants, since I was struggling with the
language barrier, but it was still quite a fun experience, and I got to help
out the Artilugios with some photos of their event!
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