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Catalan traditions
Ball de Bastons - Stick dance
Ball de Bastons - Stick dancing. The dance of the sticks called "Ball de Bastons." This is a Catalan folk dancefold and the dancers are called Bastoners. The origins are not clear, but it probably can be traced back to battles fought with sword ...
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Bestiari Historic de Barcelona
Bestiari Historic de Barcelona. The “Bestiari Historic de Barcelona” (bestiary of Barcelona) is a collection of stories or legends based on real and imaginary animal figures and an important part of Barcelona and Catalunya cultural tradition. Papier- ...
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Castells and Castellers - human tower builiding
Catalan traditions - Castellers - Castells - Human Tower building. Els Castellers de Barcelona. This "colla" (group) of "castellers" (human-tower builders) celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2009. They were founded in 1969 making it the fourth olde ...
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Coblas - sardanes band
The 'cobla' is the name of the woodwind band that plays for the sardana dances. Sardanes is a traditional dance of Catalonia. So whereever you see Sardanes dancing, they will be accompanied by a cobla woodwind band. Article about ...
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Correfocs - fireruns
Correfoc means "firerun" in Catalan. The correfoc is a very popular Catalan tradition always seen at neighbourhood fiestas. It consists of "colles de diables" which means "groups of devils" chasing and dancing to the beat of drums and spewing out spa ...
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Falcons de Catalunya - human towers
Another kind of human tower building is called the Falcon discipline named after a Czech tradition called "Sökol" which means falcon. Falcon structures were popular in Catalunya at the beginning of the 20th century, but then fell out of favour. In Ba ...
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Gegants i capgrossos - giants and big heads
In Spanish and Catalan festivals you can often see "gegants i capgrossos" (Catalan) or "gigantes y cabezudos" (Spanish) which means "giants and big heads." Gegants and Capgrossos are papier-maché figures. The gegants are carried by "geganters" w ...
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Glossary of Catalan festival traditions
Wirdhem in Vilanova has put together a great list with Catalan names and English explanations of many of the traditions that you can see at many festa major celebrations and other tradition festival in Barcelona and Catalunya Pictures of Catalan trad ...
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Grallers - pipers
Catalan traditions - grallers - piper. The Gralla is a piped woodwind instrument played in small groups by "Grallers" during processions and parades in Catalan traditional fiestas and events. Pictures of Catalan traditions from Festa de Gracia ...
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La Senyera - flag of Catalunya
La Senyera is the name of the Catalan flag. It means "signal flag" in the Catalan language. The design is four stripes on a golden background from the coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon. You will see many Catalan flags flying on the 11 Septemb ...
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Pessebres - nativity scenes
“El Pessebre de Nadal” - nativity scenes. A Spanish and Catalan Christmas would not be complete without the nativity scene, complete with palm trees, shepherds, three kings, Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus. The nativity scene in Catalonia is c ...
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Sardanas dance
Las Sardanas dancing Barcelona. La Sardana is the traditional folk dance of Catalonia. The music is provided by by a "cobla" woodwind band. You can see Sardanas dancing at most city and neighbourhood festivals in Barcelona. Every Sunday you can see d ...
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Trabucaires - armed "bandits"
Trabucaires are groups of Catalan "bandits" in traditional costumes with a blunderbuss gun called "un trabuc" in Catalan. They take part in many Catalan festivals and use their blunderbuss gun to shoot in the air at the start of festivals or in parad ...
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“El Caganer” - Christmas “crapper”
“El Caganer” - Christmas “crapper.” Among the figures in a Catalan Christmas nativity scene called “Pessebres” you will find a funny little fellow called "El Caganer." This is a unique Catalan Christmas tradition. "El Caganer" is the naughty fig ...
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