Correfoc in Barcelona
Particularly worth catching during September's La Mercé Festival in Barcelona is the Correfoc (fire-run), a midnight procession featuring fire-breathing dragons, devils and a whole pantheon of mythological creatures, on the streets of the Barrio Gòtico.
See also:
Barcelona Festival Calendar
Top 100 Things to Do in Barcelona
Top 10 Things to Do in Barrio Gotico
People crowd the backstreets of the Gothic Quarter for this demonic event, which has been celebrated since medieval times.
As the air around you fills with smoke, your ears assaulted by a tremendous din and a shower of pyrotechnics raining down and the devils do their snaking dance, it's a brutal assault on the senses.
Catalans like to think of it as a rite of exorcism. All the phantoms lurking in the city are brought out into the open to revel, and then disappear once again leaving the city's soul cleansed. Definitely not for the faint-hearted, though.
Essential Info
Where: Barrio Gòtico, Barcelona
When: Last week of September
See also:
Barcelona Festival Calendar
Top 100 Things to Do in Barcelona
Top 10 Things to Do in Barrio Gotico
People crowd the backstreets of the Gothic Quarter for this demonic event, which has been celebrated since medieval times.
As the air around you fills with smoke, your ears assaulted by a tremendous din and a shower of pyrotechnics raining down and the devils do their snaking dance, it's a brutal assault on the senses.
Catalans like to think of it as a rite of exorcism. All the phantoms lurking in the city are brought out into the open to revel, and then disappear once again leaving the city's soul cleansed. Definitely not for the faint-hearted, though.
Essential Info
Where: Barrio Gòtico, Barcelona
When: Last week of September
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