a weekend before last, i was walking through plaza diamant in my neighborhood called grácia...in the plaza there was a huge pile of wood with dirt and sand around it on the bottom and it appeared to be something like a bonfire. this obviously got me very excited but i also had no idea what was going on and no one seemed to be able to answer our questions. later that night, i had plans to meet a group of my friends at our favorite local shwarma restaurant and as i was walking there my friend nick and i heard fireworks and the second we turned the corner, we could see that my neighborhood was ALIVE with people and music and food and fireworks and REAL fire.. real bon fires everywhere. we thought it was just this plaza, we kept walking and realized that every plaza every space that could potentially hold a group of people was filled with drinking catalans, old and young. we didnt really need to ask around to find out what was happening because the graffiti and signs helped us figure it out. the catalans were celebrating the independence of mallorca but the main reason for the gathering was to rally and support the movement of CATALONIAN independence! im going to explain this one with videos but.....plaza sant joan was the coolest because they had a big stage set up and the crowd was circling around doing their own sardana (traditional catalan dance)...we tried to learn it but mostly it looked like the hoky poky slash follow the leader. outdoor fiestas rule, and so does españa.
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