Even thought it is a working day, April 23, Sant Jordi’s Day is, without a doubt, the most popular festival of all those we find on the calendar of Catalonia. But who was Sant Jordi? Sant Jordi, San Jorge, Saint Georges, San Giorgo… call him what you want. He is …
The most magical summer night On the night of June 23, one of the most popular celebrations in Catalonia takes place, the “Revetlla de Sant Joan”. All the towns and cities of Catalonia celebrate the festivity of Saint John and, although not everybody do so in the same way, the …
L’ou com balla (the egg as it dances) is a tradition of the Corpus Christi holiday that consists of putting an empty egg in a spring of water, so the egg dances with the force of the water. To empty the egg, a small hole is made, which is then …
Today I have no statistics on hand, I don’t want to look for them either. But if I was to be asked what place most Catalans would like to visit when the confinement is over and we can go out with a certain normality, I would venture to say that …
