New Year and Christmas Celebrations Barcelona information Barcelona

New Year and Christmas Celebrations

Barcelona information

Barcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain.

The geographical position, population, capital, interesting facts, famous people

Population of Spain: 44. 6 million Capital: Madrid Major language: Spanish (Castilian), Catalan, Valencian, Gallego (Galician), Euskera (Basque) Major religion: Christianity (Catholic) 94% Life expectancy: 78 years (men), 84 years (women) Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents Main industries: Textiles and apparel, transport equipment, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, tourism GNI per capita: US $29, 450 Internet domain: . es (. cat for Catalonia) International dialing code: +34

Barcelona's Traditions

Sardana No list of Barcelona traditions would be complete without a folkloric dance! While you can certainly catch a flamenco show around town, this is actually more typical of Andalusia in the south of Spain. The true, traditional Catalan dance is the sardana, a light, circular jig. Caganer The caganer, which means crapper, is a special Christmas tradition that celebrates the most important character of the nativity scene but it's not Jesus in this case! As families decorate their annual belén, the nativity scene, there is no figure as important as the peasant dropping her pants somewhere near the farm animals and other characters present that night. Find the caganer in celebrity form as well, from Barça players to politicians.

Traditional food

The main ingredient in this dish is cod (bacallà), a widely eaten fish here in Catalonia. In this case the salted cod has been shredded to get the proper consistency. Add to it some chopped tomatoes, red peppers and onions plus black olives and a healthy drop of olive oil and, voilà, you have an amazing summer dish. A very refreshing dish for those hot summer days in Barcelona.

Just as Catalonia has some of the weirdest Christmas customs in the world, we’ve also got several quirky regional traditions that make celebrating New Year’s Eve in Barcelona completely unique. The most famous is the eating of 12 grapes on the 12 strokes leading up to midnight, a practice popular throughout Spain. That’s one a second and harder than it sounds. They say if you can successfully cram all 12 pieces of fruit in your mouth in time with the chimes, and without spilling any, then you’re going to have a great upcoming year.

And the end Author: Milena Manucharyan, 9 -4 grade