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Traditional Festivities in Catalonia region of Spain

Catalonia has managed to maintain many customs and traditions over the years, which are very common in everyday life. The most important from a tourist point of view are:

Sardanas: Traditional Catalan dance. People meet in front of the cathedral on Sundays to dance it. Dia de Reyes (Three Kings Day) - January 6th, gift giving festival with firework displays. Festes dels Tres Tombs - January 17th, part of the district festival of Sant Antoni Abat. Feast of Santa Eulàlia - parades of 'gig antes' (medieval dances). Carnival - this carnival is held at the beginning of Lenten season and there are also a series of religious festivals. Saint George (Sant Jordi), patron saint of Catalonia: On 23 April the Catalans celebrate Saint George's day by offering a rose and/or book, and the main shopping streets of Barcelona are filled with book stands. Feast of Virgin of Montserrat - choir singing and 'sardana' dancing. Corpus Christi - carpets of flowers, processions and a 'dancing egg' is balanced on the cathedral's fountain. Dia de Sant Ponc -a herb fair in Carrer de l'Hospital, with fresh herbs, flowers, cakes, sweets and aromatic oils. Eve of Saint John'
S: On the 23 June, the summer solstice is celebrated with big bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks, and people eat the traditional "coca de Sant Joan" (a pastry). Sonar - celebration of electronic music (claimed to be Europe's biggest event of this kind). Gay and Lesbian Festival - around June 28th, this festival features a parade starting at the Placa de l'Universat on the Saturday evening. Gaude Home - popular men's fashion show. Assumption Festa Major - August 15th to 21st, celebrations and local parties in the streets of Gracia during the week leading up to Assumption. From the end of June onwards: the Festival of "el Grec" begins. This consists of a series of theatrical performances as well as dancing, concerts, and other cultural events. August 15th : Feast of the Assumption, there are popular festivities held in the district of Gracia. La Diada - Catalan national day with many demonstrations and much flag waving. La Mercè festival: This is the festival for Barcelona's
Patron saint, held in the week of the 24 September, the day of La Mercè. All kinds of activities are organized, for all tastes and all ages. Of particular interest is the "correfoc" (fire-breathing dragons from all over Catalonia), and the pyrotechnical music show (fireworks and classical music next to the Montjuïc fountains). September 24th : Festivity of La Merce, the patron saint of Barcelona, there are typical dances such as "sardanas", parades through the streets, important sporting events (e.g. Sailing, regattas, judo, swimming, walking races), religious celebrations, etc. October 12th : Santa Pilar y Fiesta de la hispanidad. Festival de Tardor - October to November, classical and contemporary theatre, music, dance, cabaret and exhibitions. Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona - lasting for about a week and many large venues in the city, this jazz festival features many international jazz musicians. Once a year every town and city in Catalonia celebrates its Gr
And Festival, castellers. Teams of men stand on each others' shoulders in an effort to build the highest human tower. Each tower, which can be up to seven stores high, is topped by a small boy called the anxaneta.

Local cuisine in the Costa Garraf and Costa Dorada of Spain, such as Barcelona, sitges, vilanova ila geltru, Tarragona, etc.

Tarragona enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate and the local cuisine reflects it. Fish is the star, along with many other excellent products. Combined with the excellent organic fruits and vegetables, including grapes and olives, these products make up an incomparable fare. The most conventional dishes are all made with fish, such as esmarris, xató (cod and tuna with almond-garlic sauce), I pebre (fish with garlic and pepper sauce), fish and seafood casserole, fish stew, grilled sole with almond sauce and baby octopus, all served with a delicious sauce on the side: romesco, made with tomato and garlic. Excellent local produce, like calçots (which are long and tender sweet onions) are the main ingredients of traditional dishes. The amanidas are simple salads made with lettuce, tomato, curly endive, bell peppers, celery, etc. Rice casserole, rossejat (oven-baked rice or pasta dish) and black rice, plus rice dishes made with fish, vegetables, chicken or rabbit, make up an exce
Llent repertoire to choose from, all with the excellent quality of the rice from Delta del Ebro.

In Barcelona, the finest quality olive oil, vegetables, fish and meats are the norm, making up a cuisine that is both delicate and delicious and that will delight the most demanding tastes. It alternates the simplicity of dishes with the refined and elaborate specialties of modern fare. Barcelona's cuisine merges tradition and innovation. Its dishes are varied and original due to the proximity of both the sea and the mountains, which offer their fine products. The sea gives Barcelona plenty of fish and seafood, like anglerfish, hake, cuttlefish, cod, prawns and shrimp, used to make many of the most traditional dishes. Among these dishes we must mention the different seafood casseroles or zarzuelas. Other fish dishes include the cod esqueixada and the suquet de peix (a traditional Catalan fish stew). The escalivada (a roasted vegetable salad) holds all the flavor of the land and constitutes an excellent appetizer for main courses like empredrat, Catalan bean stew (fabes a la catalana) and white bean stew. Dishes like butifarra amb mongetes, escudella and carn d´olla are very complete meals. Barcelona is also a great place for meats and sausages. Traditional Catalan sausages or butifarras are delicious, as well as the excellent salami-type sausage from Vic, the cured ham, the chorizo (famous Spanish sausage cured with paprika) and the many cheeses. Pork is the favorite meat, including pork products, used to make great dishes like pork loin with beans and peus de porc. Lamb, chicken and rabbit are also very good and used to make stews.
Girona's cuisine is rich and diverse. Dishes as original as goose with pears or the many sea and mountain specialties (that combine fish and meat) are the result of the plentiful, local produce, the abundance of fresh fish, seafood and good meat, the great wild mushrooms that can be picked throughout the year, the fruits that compose many sauces and, in short, of the combination of all these great ingredients. The local organic farms yield tomatoes, aubergines, onions, courgettes and peppers of excellent quality that constitute the essential elements of many dishes. Anglerfish, hake, gilt-head seabream, sea-bass and suquet are some of the region's most traditional dishes. Sometimes, seafood and fish mix with inland ingredients like snails. The result is a creative yet traditional fare, with dishes like lobster with snails and cod with thrushes. The list of imaginative dishes from this region goes on with delicacies like rabbit with snails, goose soup with honey mushroom, duck with white beans, rabbit with turnips, and partridge with snails and pig's feet with aromatic herbs. Lleida's cuisine has some very interesting contrasts, a result of the combination of a myriad of ingredients that lend the food a very special character. Vegetables, wild mushrooms, snails, a variety of meats, pulses and fruits give the local cuisine a great personality. The wonderful soupy rice dishes, lentils and so on that will lift the spirits of everyone that comes into this region. Their chicken, rabbit, duck, turkey, and pork, supply the markets in most of the country. You must try the delicious soufflés, the potatoes and cabbage stuffed with minced meat and the traditional pâtés from Valle de Arán.