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The sardana is a circular.. Among the musical traditions, there is the very special music of the cobles, the wind bands that play sardanes.The sardana is a circular, open dance, that originated in the Empordà region (north of the country by the Mediterranean sea) and the Pyrenees (Catalan Pirineus), and is now danced in many squares and streets all over Catalonia.
Catalan traditions (4 C, 5 P) W. Writers from Catalonia (19 C, 125 P) Pages in category "Culture of Catalonia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 ...
Traditions of Catalonia; C. Caramelles; Catalan time system; D. Dancing egg; S. Saint George's Day (Spain) This page was last edited on 7 March 2024, at 12:30 ...
Modern caricature caganers for sale. The traditional caganer is portrayed as a Catalan peasant man (i.e. a farmer or shepherd) wearing a typical hat called a Barretina—a red stocking hat with a black band. At least since the late 1970s, the figure of a traditional Catalan peasant woman was also added, wearing traditional garb including the ...
From Catalonia to Caracas, the world has a slew of Christmas traditions, with some dating back hundreds of years, some barely decades, but they have all become an intrinsic part of local Christmas ...
To a greater extent than the rest of Catalonia, where Catalonia's native language Catalan is more dominant, Barcelona is a bilingual city: Catalan and Spanish are both official and widely spoken. Since the arrival of democracy , the Catalan culture (very much repressed during the dictatorship ) has experienced a rebirth, both by recovering ...
Catalonia has a rich filmmaking tradition backed by public investment in local artists and production companies. Four years ago, the region expanded its existing financing structures by launching ...
The Ball dels Cossiers (Catalan for "Dance of the Cossiers") is the most popular traditional dance on the island of Majorca, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. In the dance, three pairs of dancers, who are typically male, defend a representation of good, the "Lady," who is played by a man or a woman, from a demon. Normally the dance is done in a ...