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09-21-2008, 07:32 PM
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|  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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10-24-2008, 03:09 AM
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| Re: Festival of La Mercè I've been living in barcelona for a while now and always enjoy La Mercè. The best thing about it is seeing the gegants and it's quite unusual. Also, they usually put on some decent concerts as well in Barcelona. Great stuff. |
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