Folkloric and popular Catalan symbols

• La Sardana
• Els castells
• La Patum
• Ball de bastons
• Gegants i capgrossos
• Catalonia’s day
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.
 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
 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).
 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”
It’s a popular dance. They use sticks . At the
beginning only men danced, but in the 60s
women danced too.
Gegants are made of
papier maché ; bodies
are covered with
traditional clothes.
We celebrate the
defeat of the Catalan
troops during the War
of the Spanish
Succession (1714).
It’s on the 11th of
September.
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