Traditionally Lent has been represented as an old woman with seven legs, brandishing a salted cod in one hand and carrying a basket full of vegetables in the other. The produce she has in her hands give us lots of clues about what people eat around...
Culture and free time. Legends and curious facts about Barcelona’s primordial patron saint.
This couple date from the 19th century and were closely linked to the city’s old carnival celebrations.
Despite the most commonly associated number with the legend of St Eulalia being 13, in Barcelona there are a total of three different versions of the saint’s life and miracles: with two dances and a night guided tour.
The legend of Saint Eulalia is deep-rooted in the city, but everything seems to suggest it is fiction and represents a local adaptation of the legend of Saint Eulalia de Merida.
Culture and free time. This year marks 600 years of giants in Barcelona and is also the bicentenary of the birth of Josep Anselm Clavé.
During carnival, food becomes another means of transgression and for this reason it takes centre stage at so many points in the festival.
Battles of Oranges in Italy, fritters in the United States, multitudinous parades in Bolivia... Some features of the Barcelona carnival are reflected in other carnivals around the world. Would you like to know more?
The Colla Gegantera de Nou Barris will be once again performing their music and dance show, “Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, the forgotten neighbourhood”.
Candlemas, which falls on 2 February, right in the middle of winter, marks the end of the Christmas cycle. But why is it a festival with such strong roots? Is it religious or is there a pagan background? What part do candles play in it?
