This document provides an overview of Catalonian culture, traditions, art, and cuisine. It discusses traditions like Caga Tió, the Barretina hat, Caganer figurines, and Sardana dancing. It also mentions Castellers human towers, and typical foods like calçots, porró wine containers, pa amb tomaquet, and tapes appetizers. The art section briefly introduces modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, surrealist Joan Miró, and painters Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.

1. Welcome to Catalonia

2. Table of contents
Traditions and culture
Caga tió
Barretina
Caganer
Sardana
Castellers
Gastronomy
Els calçots
El porró
El pa amb tomaquet
Les tapes
Art
Gaudí
Miró
Picasso
Dalí

3. CAGA TIÓ
Caga tió is a tradition in Catalonia. The tió is a
small pice of trunk with a face.

4. La barretina
The barretina is a typical catalan wool hat.
It’s red and has a black stripe. It’s only worn by men.
Years ago the jews and the sailors used to wear barretina.
Currently, the barretina is used by the sardanas dancers and also in the figures
of the Nativity scene.

5. “EL CAGANER”
“El Caganer” is a figure made of ceramic.
This is a figure of the “pesebre”.
The “pesebre”, manger in English, is a combination of figures,
it represents Jesus Christ birth and we do it
in December.

6. La Sardana
Sardana is a very popular dance in
Catalonia. It’s a collective dance in which
can participate boys and girls. The people
dance in a circle taking their hands with the
music played by the cobla. The cobla is a
local musical band in Catalonia.In our town,
Ripollet there is a monument to the sardana
for the 29th anniversary of the Ripollet
sardanista.

7. Els castellers
The castellers are a group of people doing human
towers and the color of their T-shirts change
depending on where they come from to do the towers.
They have been built for more than two hundred years
so far. From the 80's up to now, the castles have been
gradually spread throughout Catalonia becoming a
symbol of Catalan identity. The highest human
construction that has been seen so far is 10 layers of
height and 3 people per layer.

8. ELS CALÇOTS
The calçot is a long white onion. Its season
to be eaten goes from November to the
middle of April.

9. El porró
El porró is a glass container intended to contain and serve liquid, usually
wine.
The originality of the porró makes it often used as a traditional Catalonian
symbol.

10. EL PA AMB TOMÀQUET
The origin of this dish is relatively new to catalan cuisine. It is considered one of
the typical dishes of the mediterranean diet. It always goes with oil.

11. Les tapes
The tapes is a small portion of food that it is usually eaten before meals or also as
a nibble or snack. It can be tasted all around Spain.
It consists of a small mouthwatering meal,usually there are nuts,salted
fish,olives,chips,and other strong-tasting food.In general, they are made up of
ingredients such as ham,cheese or salty fish,combined to create tasty mixes that
turn to be attractive to be eaten.

12. Gaudí
La pedrera
Antoni Gaudí was a modernist Catalan architect who has been recognized
internationally as one of the most relevant geniuses of his discipline. His first
works were influenced by various styles, until he reached the explosion of
modernism in which he managed to implant his
own style. He transformed the old mosaic
into trencadís which means “broken into small pieces”, turned into a new
technique.
The most famous Gaudí building around the world,
without a doubt is the Sagrada Familia.
Sagrada familia

13. Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, engraver and ceramist,
considered one of the greatest representatives of Surrealism. In
his work he reflected his interest in the subconscious, in the
"infantile" and in the culture and traditions of
Catalonia. Although he is associated to abstract art due to
his mature style of stylized and imaginary forms, in his
youth he began in figuration, with strong fauvist, cubist and
expressionist influences

14. Picasso
He lived here in Barcelona for some years. His name was Pablo Ruiz Picasso,
better known as Picasso, his second surname.
Picasso worked in several artistic movements, but he is most recognized for being
a great painter. He went through three stages in his time of being a painter: the
blue era, the pink era and cubism.
Some of his most famous paintings are; The Guernica,
the Ladies of Avignon and Self-portrait

15. Dalí
His birth name was Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech. He was a Spanish painter,
sculptor, engraver, scenographer and writer of the 20th century. He is considered one of the
greatest representatives of Surrealism. He died in 1989. Here in Spain we have three
museums dedicated to Dali :
-Dalí Theater-Museum (Figueras, Spain).
-Salvador Dalí House-Museum (Cadaqués, Spain).
-Púbol Castle (La Pera, Spain).