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If you are coming to Barcelona you have to witness the city’s festivals first-hand to fully grasp why the Catalan capital is known for throwing some of the most vibrant and exciting fiestas in Europe! The people of Catalonia celebrate many things from religious holidays to neighborhood competitions, all of which include some wonderful, although perhaps slightly strange, rituals and traditions. From scorching fire-runs to human towers that reach up to 8 stories high, those visiting Gaudí’s city are sure to be intrigued, and even inspired, by the colorful Catalan customs awaiting them at Barcelona’s festivals! Here we give you a few of our favorites: Correfoc For an experience sure to get your heart pumping, head for the most anticipated event during the annual Festes de la Mercè: the Correfoc! This ‘fire-run’ consists of dragons, devils and numerous variations of the ‘bestiari de foc’ (fire beasts) who perform dances and parades while sparks fly as the sky lights up with an estimated 80,000 fireworks! Rest assured, if you can’t make the Festes de la Mercè, this sizzling parade can be seen at plenty of the other festivals in Barcelona during the year. Where to see it: You’ll find the Correfoc at many festivals and events in Barcelona, but the biggest is the Correfoc on Via Laietana at the Festes de la Mercè in September each year. La Sardana The flashy and fabulous style of the Flamenco is one that is renowned the world over, but Barcelona offers an enticing alternative: the Sardana! The official dance of Catalonia is best described as dancers joining hands with raised arms, forming circles which grow bigger and bigger as more people join in. An exceptionally disciplined dance, a leader in each circle provides the exact movements and precise timing. The Cobla (an 11-person band with woodwind, brass and drum players) provides the background music for this traditional bop. Where to see it: This dance can be seen at religious festivals and day-long gatherings, as well as every Saturday outside of the Barcelona Cathedral during the summer months. Castellers This is one of the Catalan capital’s most breathtaking and dangerous traditions. The Castellers are troupes that build human towers up to 8 stories tall, leaving spectators holding their breaths and anxiously hoping that no one falls. The levels are built as the team carefully climbs up one another, with the Pom de Dalt (the Tower Dome) at the highest point. Here a small child must cross the top of the structure and quickly slide back down the other side. Nail-biting stuff! Where to see it: All Barcelona festivals, as well as the morning of Catalonia’s National Day (September 11th), normally at the Monument a Rafael de Casanova. Bastoners Another unique Catalan custom, known as the Ball de Bastons, sees a group of individuals dancing while stick fighting! Dating back to 1150, this is one of Catalonia’s oldest traditions. The dancers, called Bastoners, line up in two opposing rows, clashing sticks with each other. Sit back and enjoy this mesmerizing Catalan custom, while a tabor pipe, shawm or bagpipe provides the musical backdrop for this unusual jive! Where to see it: All traditional Catalan festivals. Be sure to catch them in action at the Festa Major de Sants every August. Gegants and Capgrossos No Barcelona festival would be complete without these oversized, colorful and imaginative papier-mâche figures dancing down the streets! Gegants and Capgrossos (giants and big heads) are as much a part of Barcelona as Gaudí’s designs are. Each neighborhood is represented by a different vivacious character and these entertaining figures usually appear as part of the opening act to any festival in Barcelona. Where to see it: La Mercè festival every September, as well as smaller neighborhood parties like the Festa Major de Gràcia each August. Want to see some of these colorful customs up-close? Choose one of the many apartments in Barcelona near the city center or in the Gothic District of the city and you will be sure to catch at least one of these quirky traditions during your stay. Who knows, you may even find your balcony gives you the best vantage point to experience the shows!
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Má tá tú ag teacht go Barcelona a bhfuil tú chun an finné féilte na cathrach chéad-lámh a thuiscint go hiomlán cén fáth a bhfuil an caipiteal Catalóinis eol do throwing roinnt de na fiestas is bríomhaire agus spreagúil san Eoraip! Na daoine na Catalóine ceiliúradh a lán rudaí ó laethanta saoire reiligiúnacha comórtais comharsanachta, ar fad lena n-áirítear roinnt iontach, cé go b'fhéidir beagán aisteach, deasghnátha agus traidisiúin. Ó scorching dóiteáin ritheann do túir daonna a bhaint amach suas le 8 scéalta ard, iad siúd ar cuairt cathair Gaudí iad cinnte a bheith intrigued, agus fiú spreagadh, ag na nósanna Catalóinis ildaite ag fanacht leo ag féilte Barcelona! Anseo a thabhairt duit cúpla ar ár Favorites: Correfoc I gcás taithí cinnte a fháil do chroí caidéalaithe, ceann don ócáid is súil i rith na bliantúla Festes de la Merce: an Correfoc! Is éard atá sa 'tine-reáchtáil' na dragons, diabhal agus athruithe iomadúla ar an 'bestiari de foc' (beithigh dóiteáin) a dhéanann damhsaí agus paráidí cé eitilt Sparks mar soilse an spéir suas le thart ar 80,000 tinte ealaíne! Eile cinnte, más rud é nach féidir leat a dhéanamh ar an Festes de la Merce, is féidir an pharáid sizzling a fheiceáil ag neart de na féilte eile i Barcelona i rith na bliana. Cá háit a fheiceáil: Feicfidh tú teacht ar an Correfoc ag go leor féilte agus imeachtaí i Barcelona, ach tá an mó an Correfoc ar Via Laietana ag an Festes de la Merce i Meán Fómhair gach bliain. La Sardana Tá an stíl flashy agus fabulous de Flamenco ceann a bhfuil cáil ar fud an domhain, ach Barcelona Tairgeann rogha eile enticing: an Sardana! Is fearr a cur síos rince oifigiúil na Catalóine mar damhsóirí a cheanglaíonn lámha le arm ardaithe, ciorcail atá ag fás níos mó agus níos mó mar a bheith páirteach níos mó daoine i dteacht. An rince heisceachtúil disciplínithe, soláthraíonn ina cheannaire i ngach ciorcal gluaiseachtaí cruinn agus tráthúlacht beacht. Soláthraíonn an Cobla (banna 11-duine a bhfuil imreoirí gaothuirlisí adhmaid, prás agus druma) an ceol cúlra don bop traidisiúnta. Cá háit a fheiceáil: Is féidir é seo rince a fheiceáil ag féilte creidimh agus gatherings lae, chomh maith le gach Satharn lasmuigh den Ard-Eaglais Barcelona i rith mhíonna an tsamhraidh. Castellers Tá sé seo ar cheann de na caipitil Catalóinis ar thraidisiúin is breathtaking agus contúirteach. Is iad na Castellers troupes a thógáil túir daonna suas le 8 scéalta ar airde, a bhfuil lucht féachana a n-breaths agus go himníoch ag súil go dtagann aon duine ag fágáil. Tá na leibhéil a tógadh mar an fhoireann climbs go cúramach suas chéile, leis an Pom de Dalt (an cruinneachán Túr) ag an bpointe is airde. Anseo ní mór leanbh beag trasna an barr an struchtúir agus go tapa sleamhnán ar ais síos ar an taobh eile. Ingne-biting stuif! Cá háit a fheiceáil: Gach féilte Barcelona, chomh maith leis an maidin na Catalóine Lá Náisiúnta (Meán Fómhair 11ú), de ghnáth ag an Séadchomhartha a Rafael de Casanova. Bastoners Saincheaptha Eile Catalóinis uathúil, ar a dtugtar an liathróid de Baston s, Feiceann grúpa daoine ag damhsa linn bata troid! Ag dul ar ais go dtí 1150, tá sé seo ar cheann de na traidisiúin is sine Catalóine ar. Na rinceoirí, ar a dtugtar Bastoners, ag teacht suas i dhá shraith gcoinne, bataí le chéile clashing. Suí siar agus sult a bhaint as an saincheaptha Catalóinis mesmerizing, cé go soláthraíonn píopa Tabor, shawm nó bagpipe chúlra ceoil don jive neamhghnách! Cá háit a fheiceáil: Gach féilte Catalóinis traidisiúnta. Bí cinnte a ghabháil leo i ngníomh ag an Festa Mór de Sants gach Lúnasa. Gegants agus Capgrossos Bheadh aon fhéile Barcelona a bheith ann gan na figiúirí oversized, colorful agus samhlaíoch papier maché-rince síos na sráideanna! Gegants agus Capgrossos (giants agus ceannairí móra) Is iad seo a mar chuid mhór Barcelona mar go bhfuil dearaí Gaudí. Tá gach chomharsanacht ionadaíocht le carachtar vivacious éagsúla agus na figiúirí siamsaíocht le feiceáil de ghnáth mar chuid den ghníomh oscailt d'aon fhéile in Barcelona. Cá háit a fheiceáil: La Merce féile gach Meán Fómhair, chomh maith le páirtithe comharsanachta níos lú ar nós an Festa Mór de Gracia gach Lúnasa. Want a fheiceáil ar roinnt de na custaim ildaite suas-dlúth? Roghnaigh ceann amháin de na árasán a lán in Barcelona in aice le lár na cathrach nó i gCeantar Gotach na cathrach agus beidh tú a bheith cinnte a ghabháil ar a laghad ceann amháin de na traidisiúin quirky le linn do chuairte. Cé a fhios, is féidir leat teacht ar fiú tugann do BALCÓIN tú an pointe vantage is fearr chun taithí a fháil ar na seónna!