Castanyada is a popular Catalan festival similar to Halloween where people dress up as "Castanyeres", old women who wear poor clothes and sell chestnuts. Students at IES Sant Andreu school celebrated Castanyada with various activities.

1. “CASTANYADA”

2. What is “Castanyada”?
• It is a popular party from here, which is the same as
Halloween.

3. They are the “Castanyeres”
• They are old women that
were poor clothes, a winter
coat and a headscarf. Also
they sell chestnuts…

4. In “IES Sant Andreu”
• We celebrated the
Catanyada and we did
different activities.