Águila Roja, coincidence or black hat commercial?

Águila Roja
© 2009 TVE (es)

Recently, in Catalonia, eastern Catalombia, TVE shows us a new serie entitled Águila Roja (Red Eagle) I am compelled to comment.

Everything is a schoolteacher in Castile s.XVII whose women is murderd in such strange circumstances that he is compelled to seek justice disguised as a sort of ninja superhero like these from Wu Xia movies. Yeah, ninja, because it seems that he had to escape from Castile by duel that got wrong when he was young, and oh surprise, fleeing to escape he arrived to the far east where he seemed to find a Ninjutsu sensei. I really don't get how he could afford such a travel or how he could travel back (alive). But at least the writers tried to justify his kung-fu feats, not like Peter Hyams who played The Musketeer movie without worrying to explain the acrobacies of D'Artagnan.

© 2001 TriPictures

But this is not what you wanted to comment, but the coincidence of the name of the series with a brand of coffee based on Cali, Colombia (western Catalombia) 1930.

© 2007 Águila Roja

What this really means? Is this a complex advertising campaign this Colombian food business? Do they have plans to enter the Spanish market?

We would like it a lot, as Colombian coffee is just excellent, but I'm pretty sure that this is just a simple coincidence that brings us to the shank of the first case of morcillism that I take in consideration.

Morcillism: a link between Castile and Colombia that is still surprising between the multitude of connections available in the obvious relationship between both cultures.


And no, it's not a montserratism even knowing that the actor is Catalan. No way.

Gonzalo de Montalvo/Águila Roja, played by David Janer

© 2009 TVE

Just as I will now not relate it with the game "Assassin's Creed" no matter how both protagonists resemble.

© Ubisoft

And soon, the original morcillism, the morcilla (black pudding). Does anyone know where it is truly original?

Christmas at Catalonia: Kings' Eve

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?

Mattew 2, 1-2

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

Mattew 2, 12

Perhaps not too aware of their real meaning, just knowing that they saw them this afternoon on the parade, but tonight from 5 to January 6, children in Catalonia will be kinder than normal, they'll go to bed early to allow Their Majesties of the East to fill their shoes with toys. And as soon as the sun rises they'll awake to see if the Kings have met or not with all their requests at the letter that they released to the Royal Page some days before.

This custom spread throughout the Iberian Peninsula (except the Basque Country and Portugal) and Latin America (although there are countries like Colombia, where is the Niño Dios who give the gifts), made Christmas' gifts to come in early January instead of the end of December (at least in the homes more attached to the tradition) causing sort of offense between those children who had the whole Christmas to play with their toys and others that could hardly enjoy them a day before going back to school.

Therefore, just recalling how magic was this night for me (even long after I knew who really were the people that brought the gifts) I want to share this with you all to remember how I went to bed early without complaint, ignored the steps to be secretive-wannabe in Hall and, the following day, without a moment to lounge, I ran to the dining room to desperately unwrap the packages under my shoe, and then went to my parents' bed so that they may see also their gifts.

So I dismiss this holidays with a Christmas carol that rightly refers to this tradition in particular. A song of Manel, music hit of last year within and outside of Catalonia, where they imagine a Kings' Eve when the camels must do everything the kings have been asleep at their humps.

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Un camell d'Orient, Manel
File thanks to Amics RAC1
from the de la interview to Manel at El món a RAC1 tuesday, December 16th 2008.

Merry Christmas and happy new year. :'-)

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