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Margeners de Guissona, the “castell” group constructing a human tower of Guissona (Segarra), took part in the city’s carnival. The Castelians were dressed in sheep costumes alongside a shepherd, a dog and a black sheep. The group ranked third in the carnival costume contest.
The group was created in 2007 as a result of …
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Are you interested in everything related to witchcraft? In Sant Feliu Sasserra, Catalonia, you will be told about witches who were once executed here.
All cultures and peoples believed in a supernatural reality that interferes with their daily activities.
At the beginning of the seventeenth …
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In 2018, the feast of the Three Kings (Epiphany) will be traditionally held on 5th January – this day the solemn procession of the Magi (CAVALCADA DE S.M. ELS REIS MAGS) will pass through all Andorran administrative districts.
From 12:00 on square plaça Coprínceps the royal mail service starts working. Here all the boys …
MoreCHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANDORRA
DECORATIONS.
Nowadays street decorations begin to sprout from lamp posts around the beginning of December, even before the start of the ski season. More distinctive, however, are the nativity scenes or pessebres, depicting the countryside and the Bethlehem stable in which Jesus was born. Canillo holds an annual competition for the most …
MoreModern design: thatched roofs. Lake Balaton, Hungary
MoreModern design: roofs tiles and thatched. Balaton, Hungary
MoreModern design: dolls and mannequins – the interior of a house in Tunisia. 2007
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I can hardly believe Carnival is on us again! For you see it creeps up unawares. It has no set date. Some years it’s early and some years it’s late. In 2016 it started on the 7th February and this year it starts today on the 23rd. It depends on the date of …
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Ethnic food: Andorra
Andorran food is a mix of cookery traditions of the neighboring countries – Spain and France, also Catalonia, however according to the expert’s opinion, traditional dishes are cooked in Andorra more simply and the domestic way of its preparation is …
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