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The invitation to participate in the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was a turning point for the Catalan flower carpet creators.
If the city is a group of homes, each with its own specific things, then the plaza is the things we share.
“When they hear you speaking Catalan, no one doubts it anymore.”
One sunny afternoon, we whisked Catalan musician Alidé Sans away from the bustle of the Folklife Festival.
In broad terms, we could say that there have been three major transformations in Catalan culture over the past 150 years.
Despite this band’s fresh sound, the cobla itself is relatively old, popularized in the nineteenth century.
What inspired Catalans to dance with heavy, fire-breathing beasts on their backs? And why a ferret?
A mulassa, or mule, is perhaps the most playful of the Catalan imaginary beasts because mules are known for their stubbornness.
Eva Rosich is a trained nurse living in a rural area of Catalonia surrounded by the Pyrenees Mountains.
“I don’t sing for the voice. I sing for the next person. I sing for a friend.”
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