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Often includes parody and satire; big feast before fasting
Beazals-prior-donuts are Eaten
[[strikethrough]] Easter: [[/strikethrough]] Fat thursday-Breakfast w/ egg sausage.

Easter monday-for godparents & godchildren. w/ a cake (called "monkey"). Now chocolate. In west, traditional to go out and picnic. Not in Barcelona 

[[left margin]] 23 April [[/left margin]] St. [[strikethrough]] George - Patron St. of Barcelona, but a working day. Also Lover's Day, and Book Day. Based on old legend of St. George. Man gives rose, woman gives book. Book sellers and flourists go to streets. And then public dancing. Flowers mostly sold by associations.

MARC- May is the month of festivals in ones city. museum v. christians, food (esp snails), streets & neighbors.
Presener- Gerona has a flower festival in May.

[[left margin]] May/June [[/left margin]] Corpus Christi - dragons, devils, big heads, street decorations, all started w/ Corpus Chr. celebration- 40 days after Easter. 

St. John- Summer solstice. Marc & Gulleramo. Torches down the mountains & dancing around the bonfire. Fireworks. Presenter- we are really invested in our calendar

St. Peter & Paul- [[strikethrough]] then [[/strikethrough]] opens festival season thru September. Now take a Catalan festival to other European cities. 

[[left margin]] Nov: [[/left margin]] All Saints Day- Marc- chesnuts & small sweets. Cemetary visits, w/ flowers.

[[left margin]] Dec- [[/left margin]] 8 Dec- set up Nativity scene thru  [[ZEGB?]], Santa Lucia markets for figurines. Always some humor, "the pooping man." It can't be missed.

6 [[strikethrough]] 24 [[/strikethrough]] Dec- "the pooping log"-St. Christopher's Day. Have to feed the log. On 24 Dec, the log "poops" presents, special song.