What do we celebrate on Palm Sunday?
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?
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?
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.
Santa Madrona is the least known of Barcelona's three patron saints. But there are two churches dedicated to her in Poble-sec, and a festival is held for her in the spring.
A leap year adds an extra day to the calendar. Why? What day is added: the 24th or the 29th of February?
The “Vella Quaresma” (Old Mother Lent) is a seven-legged woman with a cod and a basket who represents the period running up to Holy Week.
Traditionally Lent has been represented as an old woman with seven legs, brandishing a salted cod in one hand and carrying a basket full of vegetables in the other. The produce she has in her hands give us lots of clues about what people eat around...
Culture and free time. Legends and curious facts about Barcelona’s primordial patron saint.
This couple date from the 19th century and were closely linked to the city’s old carnival celebrations.
The Gegants Vells de la Casa de la Caritat are also known as the Carnival giants because the first news we have of them refers to their participation in the arribo of 1859. A that time they belonged to the Societat del Born, one of the organisations most heavily involved in organising the Barcelona Carnival then. As well as publishing bans and all kinds of satirical notices, they organised a parade in which we know various imaginary festival figures took part and there were some spectacular comparses, groups of dancers in fancy dress.