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Gegants i capgrossos - giants and big heads

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Carrer de Ripoll, 25,, Barcelona, Spain, 08002
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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" which means "giant-carrier." The giants are hollow papier-maché figures usually three or four metres meters tall that show the upper part of the figure and have a skirt covering the lower part. "Capgrossos" are smaller papier-maché figures with huge heads that are worn on the head and shoulders often by children. The person wearing a "capgrosso" looks out through the mouth opening.  Gegants and capgrossos can be seen at most Catalan festivals in the opening "cercavila" parade, which literally means "around the village." Districts and neighbourhoods each have their own festival figures and during the big festivals, like the annual Merce Festival in Barcelona, all the giants and other figures of the city come together for the big parades. On the "La Coordinadora de Geganters de Barcelona" website (in Catalan) you can find information about the 27 "Colles de Geganters de la Ciutat de Barcelona," which are the groups that make and organise parades with giants. At the moment there are around 100 papier-maché giant figures and 1000 giant-carriers in Barcelona.
Other gegant links

go    Pictures of Gegants and Capgrossos
go    Pictures of other Catalan traditions from Festa de Gracia
go    CCGBCV  - Coordinates giants and bestiari in Ciutat Vella
go    Casa dels Entremesos - Houses giants and bestiari in Barcelona and office of CCGBCV
go    Gegantes del barri de la Sagrada Família
go    Gegantsbcn
go    Xambanga de Gegants parade at Merce Festival

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