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Sundays / La Sardana: The egg that dances
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    • There is a tradition in Barcelona of putting an egg on the water jet of some fountains on the Corpus Christi day. The most popular is in the Fountain of Saint George in the cathedral cloister. This is called "L'ou com balla" ot the egg that dances.

    Tradtion goes that if the egg does not break, the following months will bring fortune.

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    Sundays / La Sardana: Sardanas
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    • People dancing la Sardana, Catalonia's typical dance. It is danced by large circles of people holding hands up together and is one of the symbols of the Catalan attitude of standing together in face of difficulties.

    Sardana dancers, both initiated and debutants meet every sunday for practising in the Cathedral Square.

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    JessH Mon Mar 5, 2007 11:24 UTC
     Hi Daniel. Very nice page here, definitely a city that one must visit in a lifetime! Great tips, my ratings are with you. Greetings from Dubai :-) Jess    		Minka007 Fri Aug 25, 2006 00:08 UTC
     Hi Daniel!Lovely pages! I enjoyed visiting Barcelona myself! thank you for sharing so many nice pictures! Also I like the birds pages :) Best,Minka
    mustertal Sat Jun 18, 2005 23:17 UTC
     Thank you for all the good infomation on Barcelona,I just can't wait until I visit next week.    		tini58de Sun Feb 8, 2004 12:56 UTC
     Very informative page about BCN - I have borrowed some tips for my personal travel guide - thanks!
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