The city is full of fire beasts
They are usually eaten during Lent. Before you would find them in cake shops on Wednesday and Friday around that time but now you can find them any day
She is often seen in popular printed images and she works like a calendar: her legs take us towards Holy Week
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.
The range of monas on offer in Catalonia is much more varied than it appears at first sight, and goes beyond the more commercial trends. Would you like to know more about this custom, whose origins and meaning are uncertain?
The 'mona' cake is one of the most deeply-rooted Easter traditions, but its origins and meaning are uncertain. Here we explain the various theories, which tell of Arabian and Greco-Roman influences.
The range of mona cakes on offer in our country is very varied and goes beyond the more commercial trends. Next to the characters most popular with children, you can find chocolate eggs of all sizes, spectacular creations that look like sculptures...
Easter is a religious period that is celebrated throughout the Christian world in a wide variety of ways. There are processions, pagan rituals, modern traditions, other strange traditions of uncertain origin... Do you want to know more?
Easter is one of the biggest festivals on the calendar so there are quite a few proverbs and sayings that describe it. Some talk about the celebrations, while others talk about food, how changeable the weather is and how it’s better if Easter is in...
Why did people used to celebrate Palm Sunday so much. And what do palm leaves and branches have to do with final days in Jesus’ life?
Sant Josep Oriol is a Barcelona saint who led a life of vicissitudes, austerity and complete devotion to looking after others. As a good saint, miracles are also attributed to him, the most famous being when he turned a radish into coins. Want to get...
We offer you a summary of Amadeu Carbó's study 'Festes de beatificació de sant Josep Oriol a Barcelona 1806-1807' on the festival-imagery figures that took part in the ceremonial festivities.
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.
