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It’s one thing to watch the Torches from the Pyrenees on video. It’s another to witness the spectacle in person.
Whatever kind of seafood you have at home (or on the boat) will work—as long as it’s fresh.
The mural was a visual representation of a Catalan proverb: Llaurada fonda fa bon blat. “A deep tillage brings good wheat.”
Before the Festival, human towers seemed to me to be like Marmite on toast, something that you had to grow up experiencing to enjoy.
Vedella amb bolets (beef stew with mushrooms) features two hallmarks of Catalan cooking techniques, sofregit and picada.
Food and drink play a fundamental role in the festive events in Mieres, Catalonia, creating and sustaining social interaction and rebuilding a sense of community.
Joan Garriga & the Galàctic Mariatxis melded Catalan music, reggae beats, and Romany accordion melodies into one absorbing set.
Competing with the Catalan giants and the human towers, the “Gateway to Culture” stood tall on the National Mall.
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