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1. EASTER
Or
“Setmana
Santa”

2. EASTER
It’s the most important and oldest festival of the Christian
Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in
the Western Church) between 21st March and 25th April, on
the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern
spring equinox.
It takes place during the weekend from Good Friday to
Easter Monday.

3. Pancake day
The first day of celebrations is
Pancake day “dijous gras”, when
it is traditional to eat eggs and
pork products, such as omelettes
with Catalan sausage containing
egg, or “coca de llardons”, a flat,
flour-based dough topped with
pork frits.

4. Pancake day
White sausage Black sausage
“Coca de llardons”OmeletteEgg sausage

5. CARNIVAL
The Carnival is the week in which everybody wears a
costume.
In Catalonia we have got the “Carnestoltes” king. The
king Carnestoltes appears in every catalan school.
The king is a dummy wearing a silly king costume.
During Ash Wednesday, the dummy is judged and burnt.
At the end of the act, a satirical will is read out, in
which the recently deceased character leaves people
inappropriate items.
At schools, every day of this week, pupils have to wear
something funny in their attires and are encouraged to
desobey orders.

6. The king Carnival (rei
Carnestoltes) opens the
festival. He appears on the
Friday, Saturday or Sunday
after “Dijous Gras”. The king
may be a person in a fancy
dress or a dummy carried
by youngsters. He usually
makes a satirical opening
speech “pregó” in which
he invites people to begin
the festival. The king
Carnival (rei Carnestoltes) is
given different names in
different areas.

8. Is the last day of the Carnival celebrations and the
first day of Lent (Quaresma).
The best known way of marking this day is an act
called the burial of the sardine “enterrament de la
sardina”.
““El dimecres de cendra”El dimecres de cendra”

9. The celebrations have some local
variations ending by burying a real or a
paper sardine.
The act represents the end of the
celebrations and the beginning of a
period of fasting and abstinence.

10. “La Vella Quaresma”
The “Vella Quaresma” is an old and fat
lady who is only found in Catalan countries.

11. La Vella Quaresma
“La Vella Quaresma” has got 7 feet. Every week from carnival
to Easter, the youngest pupils of the school cut a foot. Every
foot represents a week. When all the feet have been cut, it
means that Easter beginns.

12. EASTER :EASTER :
“LA PASSIÓ”“LA PASSIÓ”

13. WHAT ISWHAT IS
''LA''LA
PASSIÓ''?PASSIÓ''?
“La Passió” is a Spanish tradition.
“La Passió” represents the life of Jesus up to
His resucitation.
Depending on the area, it is either done on
stage or as a parade along the streets. The best
ones can be seen in the area of Andalucia.
https://youtu.be/RWCrW9MK48Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k47BFePixPM

14. WE HOPE
YOU LIKE
'‘LA
PASSIÓ''!

15. LALA MONA!MONA!
In the past “La Mona de
Pasqua” was a sponge cake
topped with boiled eggs
(the amount of eggs
depended on the age of the
godchild. The kid would get
one egg per year until he
was given his/her first
communion).

16. LALA MONA!MONA!
Why the eggs? Catholics
would go without meat
or eggs over Lent, so
eggs were saved and
used in the cake on
Easter weekend.
Godparents traditionally
give it to their
godchildren.
Nowadays “The Mona”
is decorated with
chocolate eggs and
other chocolate popular
tv characters.

17. LALA MONA!MONA!

18. OUR SCHOOL DECORATION