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JULY 27-JULY 4-8, 2018 LOG SHEET #1 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: STAN ZIMMERMAN/ Alison Karfeld RECORDER 1 NAME: Atenu 1 FILE NAME: 460.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: FILE NAME: .wav PRESENTER: Guigerme [sic] DATE/TIME: 12 noon/ 28 June 18 PROGRAM: Catalonia STAGE: Ateneu GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Gender & Popular Culture [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Vincenta Pallarès i Castelló | Flower Carpet Specialist | | Ivan Bessora | [[crossed out]] Beast [[/crossed out]] | | Jordi Mullor [[crossed out]] Pages Traveria [[/crossed out]] | Federation president/Beast performer| [[Left margin]] Vincente [[/left margin]] Presentation about 2 flower carpets - tomorrow they will make a bigger one about Catalan modernism (gaudi influence); originally only women made them, had to do w/ Catholic church; in Catal. more associations got involved. not just church - at this point men participated too. In galicia men already were the ones who designed them, women took care of/prepared the materials. In Catalonia, women designed the carpets, not only men. No gender issue in associations, whomever is good at designing designs, etc. More Women than men but no[[crossedout]] t [[/crossedout]] | women vs. men problem. 60% of villages have some kind of flower carpets, but most informal only 12 that take part in federation of carpet makers. Carpets made for Corpus Christi associations 9th week after Easter/Semana Santa. This year June 3rd, next year 23rd. (May - late June). One Iat'l Federation w/ 30 countries, but mostly informal groups that only organize 1 time a year. In Italy mostly women, in Mexico mostly men. There are different techniques and mixtures of fresh & [[crossedout]] synthetic [[/crossedout]] natural materials (woodchips, etc.). The one here = flowers & other materials. In Italy & Belgium [[crossedout]] natural [[/crossedout]] Fresh flowers only. Ivan organizes Folklore Festival throughout Europe. Works on giants big heads/eagles. Interest in Catalan Folklore known in all the world Women's participation has increased weaving the heads, choreographing dances & leading associations. W giants (60/70 kilo) originally for only men, nowadays women too - same thing for most of Catalan events.