But wait, there's more!

We are so lucky to be able to learn about the Catalonian traditions right here in town.  Last week we saw the human towers and this week the sardana dancers were in front of the monastery.

 The events were hosted by Correllengua in honor of the writer Monterrat Roig, who passed away twenty-five years ago.  They "aim to recall the commitment Roig language and country. In addition, disclose the invaluable journalistic work by the author to recover the historical memory of the crimes of Nazism and emphasize its essence distinctly feminist left. All this, to continue spreading the legacy of one of the most important figures of the country".

"The country is not only the children,

but it is the language.

The country is both at once.

If you forget and use the other one, we lack breath."

This map and the one on the banner above do not look like the traditional shape of Catalonia. These people suggest that an independent Catalonia would include these additional areas. I was not under the impression that places like Mallorca consider themselves Catalonian because they speak Mallorquín, which they say is not the same at Catalan.

At the top of this booth are signs for indepencia, feminisme, and socialisme, which are the platforms promoted by this youth organization.

This is pretty typical graffiti.

Independence shoes!

In addition to the dancing and the booths there were bastoners, which is more complex and and faster-moving than the sardana.

Here is a little video from last year's National Day of Catalonia.

And then I headed home.

I did not go back for the giant heads (Caparrots) or devils and torches (Diables i Tabalers). It is good to save something to look forward to next time!