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El Diluvio, Barcelona, Saturday, July, 25, 1936
On the 25th of July of 1936 “El Diluvio”, a Spanish newspaper published the famous “No pasaran”. That year started the Spanish Civil War. These two words because the motto of the Republican faction. After this war, these words became the motto of the allied faction during the Second World War. For example, Philippe Petain said the famous “Ils ne passeront pas”.



Merry Nadal

This article talks about how the Christmas holidays are in Catalonia and what are the feelings of the foreign people (especially English people) when they know about our culture. The article explains some of these traditions, like “cagatió”, the Magic kings or “el Cap d’Any”. This article introduces Catalan traditions to the foreign people.



Catalonia’s deep Cuban links

This article talks about the influence of Cuba in the Catalan culture. For example, here, we sing Havaneres, a type of songs that were sang by Catalan sailors. Also, Catalan independence flag comes form Cuban independence flag. And finally, Cuba influenced the architecture of some mansions in Catalonia.



Words I learnt

Motto: lema
foreign: estranger
flag: bandera