Vilapicina and Santa Eulàlia, a longstanding connection
The Colla Gegantera de Nou Barris will be once again performing their music and dance show, “Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, the forgotten neighbourhood”.
The Colla Gegantera de Nou Barris will be once again performing their music and dance show, “Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, the forgotten neighbourhood”.
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?
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.
This festival, characterised by transgression, the switching of roles, rowdy behaviour and recklessness, is one of the most widely referred to in proverbs.
On Saturday 27th of January, the Vila de Gràcia will enjoy one of the most outstanding festivities of its festive calendar
Subsidies. The funding available for this year’s call is 22.5 million euros, with 25 themes and 106 programmes established.
The festivity is celebrated almost everywhere and takes on very different forms: bonfire parties with devils in Mallorca, the grand Santantonades in the towns of the Ports, the processions of the Tres Tombs del Principat...
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].
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.
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