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.
It is said that the correfoc developed spontaneously in Barcelona during the La Mercè festival in 1978. That was a time when traditional and popular culture was being revived and a group of cultural activists wanted to organise a fire show. The initial idea was to organise a classic ball de diables but, to their surprise, the watching public joined in the performance and gave it movement.