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2018 Festival
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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.
Basturma is an Armenian cured beef that is dried relentlessly and smeared in age-old seasoning secrets with a whole lot of salt.
This is the most beloved of all of the havaneres songs and has become a symbol of Catalan identity.
In the tourists flocking to Armenia, Armen Qefilyan found a new audience for his award-winning meat on a stick.
“It is the grandfather of the guitar, and the father of the lute. As you move further west, you get the lute, and further west is the guitar.”
Fisherman’s picada originates on the coast of the Mediterranean, assembling earthy and marine flavors with a touch of wine.
When Ivan Caro performs, he unleashes his childhood on stage.
Roger Solé-Coromina worked throughout the Festival on a sandstone barraca, an igloo-shaped dwelling once used by shepherds in the Pyrenees.
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