Catalan Traditions:
Ícar presenta el tema “Catalan Traditions”.
Mar presenta “festivities”.
Anna: (Sant Jordi) Is a festivity, on 23rd of April; when we celebrate the day of the books. The men give a rose to women and the women give a book to men.
Ferran: (Sant Joan) We celebrate the shortest night of the year on 24th of June. People throw fire crackers. Finally We make a bonfire and also eat Sant Joan coca.
Helena: (11 of September) On 11 of september the Catalan people commemorate a defeat during the war of sucesión. In 1980, the 11th of September became the National day of Catalunya.
Ícar: (Castanyada) La castanyada it's a traditional festivity of Catalonia, when the people eats panellets, chesnuts and sweet potatoes. It celebrate in October, as Halloween.
Ícar presenta “traditional daces”.
Ferran: (Giants) Are some tall giants that people carry on their sholders and they are walking to the town with others smaller giants that have a very big head in a Town festival.
Helena: (Human Towers) Castellers are the people that build human towers in traditional festivals. At these festivals, several “colles castelleres” or teams often succeed in building and dismantling a tower.
Anna: (Sardanes) Are some traditional dances, which are danced by making a circle and people move their feets by the music.
Mar: (Diables) They are people who dress in devil costumes, and in some important days, they make runs through the streets throwing fireworks.
Helena presenta “Typical food”.
Anna: (Pa amb tomàquet) Pa amb tomàquet or bread with tomato in English, is a typical Catalan food. This dish is very easy to make it, only consists in spreading tomato on the bread.
Mar: (Panellets) Panellets are generally small cakes Catalan country, people used to eat for "Tots Sants", a traditional festival in October. But now they are eaten in the “castanyada”
Ícar: (Escudella) Is a traditional Catalan soup. Is a mixture of pasta, patatoe, meat, carrot, sausages.
Anna presenta “Important places”.
Ferran: (Port Aventura) Is the best funfair in Catalonia, situated in Salou. There are many amazing attractions and the people from Port Aventura do some shows.
Mar: (Cadaquès) Cadaqués is a village of Alt Empordà that is located next to costa brava´s beaches. It's famous for its beaches and for being a nice town and, many tourists visit it at summer holidays.
Helena: (Sagrada Família) Sagrada Família is a large catholic church. It is still incomplete but it’s very famous.