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magnusiax · 09-21-2008, 07:32 PM

Festival of La Mercè
Venue: Various squares and open places around the city
Date: 24 September 2008

The Festival of La Mercè is dedicated to the patron saint of Barcelona, the Virgin of Mercy, and involves a fabulous assortment of popular Catalan traditions and mythology. The city celebrates by hosting one of the biggest parties of the year with street music and dancing, fairs, theater, concerts and parades. Firework spectacles light up figures of dragons and devils, and gigantic folklore icons of Catalonia ('gegants') are paraded through the city center, while traditional teams of 'Castellers' build human pyramids in St Jaume Plaza.

09-21-2008, 07:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
magnusiax Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16	Festival of La Mercè Festival of La Mercè Venue: Various squares and open places around the city Date: 24 September 2008 The Festival of La Mercè is dedicated to the patron saint of Barcelona, the Virgin of Mercy, and involves a fabulous assortment of popular Catalan traditions and mythology. The city celebrates by hosting one of the biggest parties of the year with street music and dancing, fairs, theater, concerts and parades. Firework spectacles light up figures of dragons and devils, and gigantic folklore icons of Catalonia ('gegants') are paraded through the city center, while traditional teams of 'Castellers' build human pyramids in St Jaume Plaza.


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