catalan symbols
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• La Sardana• Els castells• La Patum• Ball de bastons• Gegants i capgrossos• Catalonia’s day
Folkloric and popular Catalan symbols
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La sardana is the typical dance of Catalonia. There are two types: the typical is the short sardana and the modern is the long sardana.
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The music of sardana is played by a
cobla. The cobla consists of 11 musicians playing 12 instruments:
• Flabiol• Catalan shawn• Tenora• Trumpet• Trombone• Fiscorn• Double bass
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A “castell” is a human tower. It started in Valls by the end of 18th century.
Typical castellers wear white trousers, black sash, a bandana and a colored shirt depending on the “colla castellera” (group).
The colla castellera of Lleida wears a maroon t-shirt.
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La Patum is a traditional and popular festival. It consists on a series of dances with fire.
In Lleida we have a dragon called “Lo Marraco”
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It’s a popular dance. They use sticks . At the beginning only men danced, but in the 60s women danced too.
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Gegants are made of papier maché ; bodies are covered with traditional clothes.
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We celebrate the defeat of the Catalan troops during the War of the Spanish Succession (1714).
It’s on the 11th of September.
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This year on the 11th September a huge demonstration for Catalonia independence took place in Barcelona. It was a historic day. There were more than 1.5 million people
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