La Mercé: lights, music and infernal runners
I feel so
lucky to be in Barcelona in this period, because this is one of the best moment
in the city. The 24th of September is the day of La Mercé, La Mare de Déu de
la Mercè precisely, the patron saint of Barcelona . Every year, the 24th and a few
days before, all the city is besieged by any kind of free amazing event and
choosing among them is no mean feat.
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Correfocs in La Merçé |
On Saturday, I spent all the afternoon in Parc de la Ciutadela, very crowded every day of the festival, visited by families, especially in the area of the wacky steampunk recreation ground, where children have fun on spooky Ferris wheel and other loony attractions; by good food and good wine lovers, that have the possibility, doing a ticket (and a long queue) at the entrance, to taste any kind of typical products; and by people that just want to chill out, watching the several music and theatre shows. During the evening I attended furthermore to the astonishing projection on the façade of the Ajuntament building.
However,
the event of the week endthat I loved the most is surely one of the
traditional celebrations, the Correfoc, on Sunday. The parade of Via Laietana
started at 8 pm, with colossal fireworks opposite the windows of the buildings
along the road. Then, the true march began: you could see drumming bands, dragons
puppets spreading sparks and devils/jugglers with their infernal forks on fire,
running among people and trying to burn them.
Irene
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