village

The first thing we are going to do is determine the etymological origin d
e the word village that now occupies us. In this case, we can say that it is a term that derives from Arabic, from “al-day'ah”, which is made up of two clearly differentiated parts:
-The particle "al-", which can be translated as "the" or "the".
-The noun “day'ah”, which means “villa”.

Alludes to a town with few inhabitants that it may even lack its own jurisdiction. It is a settlement that develops in a rural sector, usually away from other populations.

In the Middle Ages, the villages were farmhouses that existed around a church or a castle. Next to the houses, there were fields that the villagers were in charge of cultivating.

Today the idea of ​​a village is associated with a very small town. A population or infrastructure growth would turn the village into a town or other similar entity. If a town grows, it becomes town.

In addition to all that is indicated, we can underline the existence of a television series that precisely had in its title that term that we are addressing. We are referring to the production of drawings "The Village of Arce", which was of Anglo-Japanese origin and which had its premiere in 1986. It revolved around a series of animals such as Patty Rabbit or Bobby Bear who lived happily in the same town.

One of the most picturesque, special and well-known villages in Spain is La Aldea de El Rocío. It belongs to the municipality of Almonte (Huelva) and is located next to the important Doñana National Park. It is made up of a series of small houses with white facades and its main backbone is the Hermitage of the Virgen del Rocío.

When the pilgrimage is held in honor of that image, the White Dove, this village can gather up to a million people. It is about devotees, pilgrims and pilgrims from many corners of the world who come to the place to venerate that virgin.

The notion of global village, on the other hand, was proposed by Marshall McLuhan. This sociologist uses it to name the revolution generated by the mass media capable of transmitting sounds and images from any space and at all times. The HumansFrom these changes, they began to have the possibility of being in permanent and close contact with the events that happen, something similar to what happens in a village.

The global village, in this way, is linked to the elimination of physical distances thanks to the development of technological means that communicate to people beyond your place of residence.