Folklore and tradition

(20)

Traditions, folk festivals, customs, legends, dances... Catalonia is a territory that has many representations of folklore that are rooted in our identity. Some have been alive for centuries and others have emerged with the new cultural and social trends. We enter together?

All the proposals for Holy Week in Catalonia 2024

Holy Week is one of the most important celebrations in the Christian calendar and, in Catalonia, it is lived with great devotion and tradition. This week, which…

Caramelles in Catalonia: A Living Easter Tradition

In the great variety of cultural traditions of Catalonia, caramelles occupy a special place. This ancient practice, rooted in the celebration of Easter, symbolizes…

Festivities of San Antonio Abad and the Three Tombs 2025

There are many Catalan towns that celebrate festivals related to field work and pack animals for Sant Antoni Abat, patron saint of muleteers and round-footed animals.…

Halloween night in Catalonia 2024

Halloween, or the Night of the Witches, as it is also known in Catalonia, is a celebration full of fear and fun that takes place on the night of October 31. During…

Live the essence of the Passions in Catalonia 2024

The beginning of Lent comes accompanied to some of the Catalan populations by a dramatic staging that has been performed since the Middle Ages throughout Europe,…

Proposals to enjoy the Castañada 2024

All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, according to the religious calendar, tradition and modernity coexist with celebrations of all kinds throughout…

Sant Jordi, the Day of books and roses in Catalonia 2024

Crowded streets, flower and book stalls, couples celebrating love, the search for the best seller of the year, book signings... I'm sure you know what we're talking…

Three Kings Parades in Catalonia, a tradition full of magic

Every year, in Catalonia, the Christmas spirit reaches its peak with the impressive and long-awaited Three Kings Parade. The celebration takes place on January…

Traveling to Cuba through music: Las habaneras

The meu avi goes to Cuba Aboard the 'Català' The greatest warship... Now it's your turn! How does the stanza end? Those of you who don't know the answer…

Bastoners of Catalonia

The dance of canes represents a combat between two sides. It is known in different towns in Europe (Holland, England) and very popular in Catalonia, where the poles…

Corpus Christi festivities in Catalonia 2024

The Corpus Christi festival has been one of the most important in Europe for seven centuries. The festival was instituted by the Church around 1246 and, beyond…

Enjoy the Carnival of all of Catalonia

Carnival is a party that is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. In Catalonia, the main course of the Carnival festival begins with the arrival of Lardero…

Enjoy the world of giants

A giant is a traditional and popular festive element of great proportions that usually represents a person and is designed to participate in celebrations and citizen…

Experience the San Juan festival in Catalonia this 2024

The shortest night of the year, the San Juan festival, is a night of fun with fire and cultural identity. Throughout Catalonia, following tradition, it is celebrated…

Fire festivities in Catalonia

Fire is the most important element of traditional Catalan festivals. It is a symbol loaded with divine aspects, present in hundreds of ritual and cyclical celebrations,…

Live the excitement of the castells and the human tower groups…

The castells are one of the quintessential traditions of Catalan culture, hundreds of people united to defy gravity and perched on top of each other to make buildings…

Live the popular holidays

Catalonia has a great calendar of traditional and popular festivals. A great diversity of festive events, elements and acts are part of the Catalan festive heritage,…

Major festivals in the municipalities of Catalonia

The Fiesta Mayor, the great celebration of each town, is the most anticipated moment of the whole year. They are days of music, partying and popular culture outdoors…

Sardana, the national dance of Catalonia

Sardana is a Catalan popular dance considered the national dance of Catalonia. It is a collective dance that men and women dance holding hands in a circle, and…

Dream of the legends of Catalonia

The history of the people and peoples of the planet has been transmitted orally through legends, which are short stories about certain events that could have happened…

News

The secrets that the swamps hide

If anything has characterized the years 2022 and 2023 in Catalonia, it has been the persistent and serious drought that, so far, is behaving more intensely and more extreme than that of 2005-2008, although…

Draw

Raffle: 6 double tickets to visit La Fageda

To start the month in the best way, La Fageda and femturisme.cat have joined forces to raffle 6 double tickets to visit the La Fageda facilities. A guide will accompany you on a walk through the farm…

See all news

Proposals

Brunch at the Vins El Cep Winery

Availability : Monday to Saturday 11:00 am. Duration : approximately 2.5 hours. Groups of minimum 6 people. Advance reservation…

~~48 €~~

Transpyrenean - Crossing of the Seas 5th edition

Transpyrenean - Crossing two seas | 5th edition. From the Mediterranean to the Cantabrian Sea. Pyrenees, from June 28 to…

~~885 €~~

Events

Gastronomy is Culture in Sentmenat

24/04/2024 ...

"Gastronomy is Culture" arrives at Sentmenat! Don't miss 3 months of events and activities to promote and publicize the gastronomy of Sentmenat and the area! This spring, Sentmenat City Council has scheduled…

Sant Jordi's Day in Vila-seca

23/04/2024 - 24/04/2024 ...

Vila-seca will experience a Sant Jordi Day with several scheduled events and ephemeral art in the street! The Sant Jordi de Vila-seca program has a lot of cultural events for all types of audiences, you…

See all the events

Folklore and tradition

News

Proposals

Events

Subscribe to our newsletters!