BARCELONA CULTURE DANNY LINDSTROM NICK SCHUMERTH DEMOGRAPHICS

Barcelona population: 1.6 mil- lion

Barcelona Metro Area: 5 million

15,779 inhabitants per square kilometre

62% Catalonian, 23% Spanish, 15% other

Residents from other countries have been on the rise since 3.9% in 2001 LANGUAGE

95% understand Catalan

75% speak and read

50% write

Over a third speak Catalan as their first language

Use of Catalan in mass media was pro- hibited during the Franco regime

More widely spoken than some bet- ter-known languages: Danish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian RELIGION

90% of Barcelona Roman Catholic

10% other

Many major Roman Catholic cathe- drals and churches

Contains almost all of Spain’s 1% of Jewish ECONOMY AND POLITICS

11 September is national holiday “La Senyera” Flag is horizontal stripes, 5 yellow & 4 red “Els Segadors” national anthem Developed as major industrial center for textiles and machinery in the 19th century During the Spanish Civil War, industry & services were collectivized by anarchist trade unions, formal gov’t faded Fascist victory resulted in decades of political & cultural repression Since the late 70s has functioned as autonomous state, sharing juris- diction on education, health, justice with Spain INDEPENDENCE

Various pro-independence parties have ruled since 1980

2012 - 1.5 million protestors in Barcelona

2013 - approx. same number form 400km human chain along Via Catalana

2014 - 80% vote yes on indepen- dence BEHAVIOR & CUSTOMS

Seny – “practical sense”: formal, organized, focused Festes – community celebrations Correfocs – people who wear ‘devil’ costumes and shoot fireworks Castells – human towers, exemplify community and teamwork. Person who climbs to top is the “enxaneta” Book Day – 23 April, people give gifts of books and roses La Merce – 24 September FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY

Witches are either “bruixeria” (pact with devil) or “fetilleria” (magical heal- ers)

Home del nassos – man who starts the year with 365 noses & loses one each day. Only visible on 31 December

Caga tio – hollow xmas log that is ‘fed’ leading up to the holiday. On xmas, children sing traditional songs and beat it with sticks until it shits treats for everyone to share. Also “Caganer,” defecating figure who hides in nativity scenes LANDMARKS

La Rambla – pedestrian mall

Sagrada Familia

Park Guell

Gothic Quarter

Casa Mila

Torre Agbar SPORTS

1982 FIFA World Cup

1992 Summer Olympics

FC Barcelona clubs, museum is most visited museum in city

Lionel Messi, often considered the best soccer player in the world FOOD

Meat and seafood are commonly mixed

Butifarra – cinnamon pork sausage

Pan amb tomate – toast with tomato and olive oil

Calçot – barbecued onion ART

Joan Miro, Salvador Dali

Sardana – circular dance accompanied by ‘cobla’, 11-piece wind instrument band

Nova canço – Catalan language music movement that began in the 60s

2014 National Photography Prize award- ed to Colita, who rejects it. 1977 gay rights march SOURCES SOURCES CONTINUED