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Is that correct? >> angel: 2014. >> jose: in 2014 you caught el campanu. >> angel: yes, yes. >> anthony: so that means what, the first salmon caught on the river? >> jose: el campanu. the first salmon of the season. campanu. today, for the entire day, around the rivers of asturias, hundreds of fishermen trying to get the permit in kind of an auction, in kind of a lottery where they are going to grant them certain parts of the river, and only for 30 minutes, 1 hour at a time depending how many fishermen show up. >> anthony: no commercial fishing? >> angel: only the campanu. ♪

>> pablo: there is another sentence -- "asturiano -- borracho, loco, y mal cristiano." asturian -- drunk, crazy, but christian. that is important. >> anthony: so, fair to say a tradition of independence? >> pablo: yes, before the spanish civil war we have the asturian revolution. that asturias during one month was independent because we have a communist anarchist revolution. the worker's movement here was massive. >> anthony: in the mines? mostly coming out of mines or organized labor? >> pablo: yes, but of course working class fight is over, they win. we lose. the problem with miners starts w...

>> anthony: i would say that. >> jose: we eat this in asturias as an appetizer. the first course. >> anthony: wow. and it's favada? >> jose: favada. it's really difficult to define a region by one dish, but without a doubt, asturias is defined by this dish. favada. >> anthony: deep, deep soulful cooking. >> jose: and you have to meet guillermina now. probably she's inside. guillermina is a very special person. 101 years old. and she is not in the kitchen anymore, but not too long ago she was. in this day and age, it seems that kitchens are manned by men. we don't realize who is feeding humanit...

With wales, italia, france, and scotland, and ireland we are celtic nations. ♪ here there is a kind of song that is called "tonada". and tonada is just voice and bagpipe. and it's like the music from the people who work with the cows. >> anthony: right, folk songs. >> pablo: yes. folk songs. i think that music is allowed identity. i spend a lot of time with my grandparents. and they listen to a lot of celtic music. i had luck to live that kind of music and discover my identity. and i think that celtic is the spirit of freedom, it's part of asturian identity.

>> anthony: i can do that. >> jose: probably not. i cannot believe this is the first time. look at, look at -- with the hand, a little bit of the spin. three points!