Catalan cultural customs, traditions, and etiquette vocabulary, one custom or term per card.
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- Sant Jordi
- Saint George's Day, April 23rd, celebrated in Catalonia with gifts of books and roses
- La Diada
- Catalonia's National Day, September 11th
- Castells
- Human towers, a traditional Catalan practice performed at festivals
- Sardana
- A traditional Catalan circle dance
- Caga Tió
- A Christmas tradition in which a decorated log "poops" out small gifts when children hit it with a stick
- Caganer
- A traditional Catalan nativity scene figurine depicted defecating, added for good luck
- Pa amb tomàquet
- Bread rubbed with ripe tomato and olive oil, a Catalan table staple
- Calçotada
- A traditional feast centered on grilled calçots, a type of spring onion
- Panellets
- Traditional sweets, often made with marzipan and pine nuts, eaten around All Saints' Day
- Correfoc
- A "fire run," a festival tradition with fireworks and devil costumes
- Gegants
- Giant papier-mâché or wooden figures paraded during local festivals
- Barretina
- A traditional red woolen cap, a symbol of Catalan identity
- Senyera
- The Catalan flag, with four red stripes on a yellow background
- Estelada
- The unofficial flag with a star, associated with the Catalan independence movement
- L'Estaca
- A famous protest song by Lluís Llach, symbolic of resistance during Franco's dictatorship