La nit de Sant Joan, és nit d’alegria Estrellat de Flors, L’estiu ens arriba De mans d’un fillet que li fa de guia. Primavera mor, l’hiverm es retira. Si arribes l’amor, mai mes moriría. Yesterday night was the Nit de Sant Joan and Jaume Sisa composed this song in its honour. Jaume Sisa, composer and … Continue reading La Nit de Sant Joan
Category: Catalonia
The Future of Catalonia’s Casteller
My friend and photographer Ann Gagno exhibits a set of pictures about Castellers, an old catalan tradition, in Toronto...have a look at them and enjoy 🙂 here you have the link to the Facebook page of the exhibition and here a picture of the exhibition itself.
A Chain for Freedom
As the Wall Street Journal reports today, "hundreds of thousands of Catalans protesting what they consider economic and cultural abuse by Spain's central government joined hands in a 400-kilometer (250-mile) human chain Wednesday to underscore their call to make this industrialized region an independent nation. Catalonia claimed for independence from Spain " The area of … Continue reading A Chain for Freedom
TYR 4 October 2012 reads
Spanish Prisoners @ NYT The catalan secessionist movement has sound economic, cultural and historical roots. It should be respected. In all aspects but name, Catalonia is a colony of Spain. Chart Of The Day: The Rise Of Global Central Planning @ Zerohedge It starts like this..."there was a time when the world had (somewhat) free markets.". The … Continue reading TYR 4 October 2012 reads
The Yogi Rock 