Jun 7, 2023
La Patum 💥🧨 Berga, Central Catalonia.
Video by DailyCatalan (Instagram, Tiktok).
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La Patum 💥🧨 Berga, Central Catalonia.
Video by DailyCatalan (Instagram, Tiktok).
People from Rasquera (Terres de l'Ebre, Catalonia) celebrating their local festa major (traditional Catalan local festivities) celebrated annually on the day of Saint Dominic (August 4th).
In the photos you can see a marching band, which are very iconic of festivities in Terres de l'Ebre and the Valencian Country, as well as different dances and figures like the dragons, giants and big-heads.
Photos from Inventari del Patrimoni Cultural Immaterial de les Terres de l'Ebre.
Castellers, the traditional “human towers” of Catalonia.
Phot by Aida Collado Fotografia on instagram
[Photo 1: a dry-stone cabin in Garraf, Catalonia, by podi-podi. Photo 2: a dry-stone wall used to make the hill slope’s cultivable, also in Garraf, Catalonia, by Penedès Ecotours]
The art of building with the traditional dry-stone method, with stones piled onto others without using any material to stick them together, has just been declared Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO in 8 different states: Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Switzerland, Slovenia and Spain.
It is amazing to see such a common aspect of our rural culture cherished by the international community. I’ve grown up surrounded by these kind of walls and I never gave them much thought, all we know is that they were made centuries ago by farmers and that we still use them nowadays.
UNESCO recognises the cultural importance of this living technique, which has been in use since prehistoric times and still continues nowadays, and its role in maintaining the environment and landscape.
UNESCO intangible heritage in the Catalan Countries 6/9: Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet involves a set of skills, knowledge, rituals, symbols and traditions concerning crops, harvesting, fishing, animal husbandry, conservation, processing, cooking, and particularly the sharing and consumption of food. Eating together is the foundation of the cultural identity and continuity of communities throughout the Mediterranean basin. It is a moment of social exchange and communication, an affirmation and renewal of family, group or community identity.
The Mediterranean diet emphasizes values of hospitality, neighbourliness, intercultural dialogue and creativity, and a way of life guided by respect for diversity. It plays a vital role in cultural spaces, festivals and celebrations, bringing together people of all ages, conditions and social classes. It includes the craftsmanship and production of traditional receptacles for the transport, preservation and consumption of food, including ceramic plates and glasses.
Women play an important role in transmitting knowledge of the Mediterranean diet: they safeguard its techniques, respect seasonal rhythms and festive events, and transmit the values of the element to new generations. Markets also play a key role as spaces for cultivating and transmitting the Mediterranean diet during the daily practice of exchange, agreement and mutual respect.
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The Mediterranean diet is officially recognised as Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO in the different cultures in the following states: Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Morocco and Portugal.
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