Every exposition, conference and open-door of Corpus Christi 2023
Every exposition, conference and open-door of Corpus Christi 2023 at Barcelona.
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What’s the format for The Dancing Egg for Corpus 2023 with the drought?
Despite the drought, The Dancing Egg will be back in the streets and courtyards of Barcelona and adapting to the situation. Discover all the eggs you can visit this year, experiencing this quintessential Barcelona tradition in an innovative way.
The 700-year-old festival of Corpus Christi is back
Corpus Christi, one of the oldest events on the Barcelona calendar of festivals and traditions, is returning to the city, filling it with flowers as well as cultural and recreational activities.
What do we celebrate on Whit Monday?
Monday 6 June is Whit Monday, a festival that is not celebrated in the same way throughout Catalonia. As each local authority can chose, some make it a public holiday but others don’t.
El Raval celebrates St Rita's Day with a party full of red roses
22 May is St Rita's Day and the Convent de Sant Agustí in the El Raval neighbourhood will be playing host to a truly special party
22 things you didn’t know about the Sant Ponç Fair
It's quite strange that a dynamic and modern city such as Barcelona should maintain an ancestral tradition like the Sant Ponç Fair, which is being held on 10 May in Carrer de l’Hospital.
The story of the Sant Jordi festival, told through the prism of the legend, the rose and the book
Sant Jordi is one of the best-loved festivals in our calendar. Even when it falls on a working day, hundreds of people go out for a stroll around the book stands, to buy roses or attend one of the programmed events.
Twenty things you didn’t know about the Mona de Pasqua
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 Easter 'mona' cake: what does the custom signify and where does it come from?
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.
Four different kinds of mona for our most deeply-rooted Easter tradition
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...