Catalan Folklore

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• leaflet on Catalan Folklore (Catalan + French),File:54 1 ProgramaDEFINITIU.pdf

• Sant Jordi (Book Day and St. Valentine's here): [1] [2] and [3]

And we can forget sweets! It’s quite a new thing but now you can buy rose-shaped lollipops, heart-shaped cakes or the more traditional St Jordi’s cake [4] or bread [5] both with the colours of the Catalan flag.

• Castells: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell

http://www.cccc.cat/galeria-multimedia and http://www.collajove.com/index.php

• Easter cake ("Mona" in Catalan): eaten on Easter Monday. See pictures: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BWVYJqQ8pV4/Rhl1e_7MvyI/AAAAAAAAAiE/Rlu6-n0C7rE/s320/monapasquatradicional.jpg (traditional) and http://www.gastronomiaycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mona_pascua_catalana.jpg ("modern")

• Christmas: El Tió http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal (Tio's eating mystery solved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKTzMp5Lqco) and El Caganer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Viggo Mortensen description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO1cuk43HPU

Lab's easy version of the pooping song:

Caga tió!

avellanes i torró,

si no cagues fort,

et donaré un cop de bastó!

• Catalan traditions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_of_Catalonia

• History of Catalonia: http://www.gencat.cat/catalunya/eng/historia.htm

• Catalan music: http://www.catalanmusictube.cat/