The city is full of fire beasts
The bonfire festival is actually a Majorcan tradition that has been brought to this Barcelona neighbourhood
The six groups of castellers that Barcelona has take part in the special diada castellera on la Mercè’s day. Do you know all of them?
How is possible that the cobla ensemble is made up of 11 musicians and 12 instruments?
The Cases de la Festa are spaces open to the public where popular culture entities are hosted, activities are held and giants, bigheads and beasts can be visited.
Before the festivities, you can enjoy the two exhibitions of festival figures that have been programmed this year: Les Laies and the Children’s and School’s Giants!
Candlemas has always been regarded as an ideal day for forecasting the weather, especially how many days of cold are left. Si la Candelera plora, l’hivern és fora; si la Candelera riu, l’hivern és viu is a well-known Catalan saying.
Candlemas, which falls on 2 February, right in the middle of winter, marks the end of the Christmas cycle. But why is it a festival with such strong roots? Is it religious or is there a pagan background? What part do candles play in it?
As ever, the female giants will be taking part in the ‘Passejada de les Laies’ procession and go on display at the Palau de la Virreina in the days leading up to 12 February.
Mid-January brings some of the coldest days of the year, a period which has been popularly dubbed as the ‘Setmana dels Barbuts’ [week of the bearded ones]. The days of 15, 16 an 17 January have come to be termed thus as the iconography representing...
You can get a good idea about the wealth of Saint Anthony's Day through its proverbs, full of sayings and rhymes that reference different aspects of the festivities: the legend, the famous piglet and the cold weather.
The Three Kings will have a new route and six new floats
You’ll find anonymous postmen in the markets, city centres and main shopping hubs. Because Barcelona is very big and the Three Kings need lots of help!
The Seguici Popular de Barcelona is the embodiment of a research project on Barcelona's unusual, historic and unique references which have a symbolic function within the festival. It was set up in 1993 and contains the city's festival imagery, historical figures like the Gegants del Pi and others recreated from historical documents.
