La Patum and other examples of heritage
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La Patum and other examples of heritage
The exhibition offers a selection of items and concepts from festival makers, the other forms of heritage. Whatever we, as people, are capable of imagining collectively is highly valuable. Culture is a symbolic construction that human beings make. We eat, we sing and we express our emotions according to rules learnt in our families, in groups and in society.
The Catalan-speaking territories are lands of festivals and festival-makers. Several Catalan festivals and traditions, such as the La Patum de Berga, the Misteri d'Elx, the Muixeranga d’Algemesí and the Cant de la Sibil•la de Mallorca etc.