Sant Josep Oriol is a Barcelona saint who led a life of vicissitudes, austerity and complete devotion to looking after others. As a good saint, miracles are also attributed to him, the most famous being when he turned a radish into coins. Want to get...
We offer you a summary of Amadeu Carbó's study 'Festes de beatificació de sant Josep Oriol a Barcelona 1806-1807' on the festival-imagery figures that took part in the ceremonial festivities.
The “Vella Quaresma” (Old Mother Lent) is a seven-legged woman with a cod and a basket who represents the period running up to Holy Week.
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...
Christianity. This year it is on 5 March, and Lent begins.
The Arrival and the Taronjada of the Carnival of Barcelona are decentralized and land in the neighborhood of Sants.
From February 27 to March 5, the most crazy party of the Barcelona festive calendar arrives.
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?
This festival, characterised by transgression, the switching of roles, rowdy behaviour and recklessness, is one of the most widely referred to in proverbs.
