2. Folkloric and popular Catalan symbols
• La Sardana
• Els castells
• La Patum
• Ball de bastons
• Gegants i capgrossos
• Catalonia’s day

3. La sardana is the
typical dance of
Catalonia.
There are two types:
the typical is the
short sardana and
the modern is the
long sardana.

4. The music of sardana is played by a cobla.
The cobla consists of 11 musicians playing
12 instruments:
• Flabiol
• Catalan shawn
• Tenora
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Fiscorn
• Double bass

5. The colla castellera of Lleida
wears a maroon t-shirt.
A “castell” is a human
tower. It started in Valls by
the end of 18th century.
Typical castellers wear
white trousers, black sash, a
bandana and a colored
shirt depending on the
“colla castellera” (group).

6. La Patum is a traditional
and popular festival. It
consists on a series of
dances with fire.
In Lleida we have a dragon called “Lo
Marraco”

7. It’s a popular dance. They use sticks . At
the beginning only men danced, but in
the 60s women danced too.

8. Gegants are
made of papier
maché ; bodies
are covered with
traditional clothes.

9. We celebrate the
defeat of the
Catalan troops
during the War of
the Spanish
Succession (1714).
It’s on the 11th of
September.

10. This year on the 11th September a huge
demonstration for Catalonia
independence took place in Barcelona.
It was a historic day. There were more
than 1.5 million people