Patum de Berga
patum de berga catalan pronunciation pəˈtum də ˈβeɾɣə simply la patum popular traditional festival celebrated year catalan city berga barcelona corpus christi consists series dance catalan ball townspeople dressed mystical symbolic figure accompanied either rhythm drum—the tabal whose sound give festival name—or band music ball marked solemnity ample use fire pyrotechnic declared traditional festival national interest generalitat de catalunya unesco declared one masterpiece oral intangible heritage humanity inscribed representative list el plens documented since el turcs cavallets turk little knight documented since le mace documented since le guites folkloric mule documented since guita grossa guita boja làliga eagle documented since el nan vells old dwarf documented since el gegants giant documented since el nan nous new dwarf documented since la patum origin prechristian celebration summer solstice recycled given new symbolism catholic church part corpus celebration berga earliest conserved reference corpus procession may festival evolved incorporated element popular religious theater middle age leading unique combination giant devil angel moor bizarrelooking character despite religious significance corpus christi patums descent eucharistic performance present form rather show popular theater unique catalonia anthropologist specialist folklore interested la patum celebrate th anniversary old giant gegants vells th anniversary new giant gegants nous bruce springsteen song fall behind arranged sergi cuenca danced couple giant la guita xica noyes dorothy fire plaça catalan festival politics franco philadelphia univ pennsylvania press isbn unesco page patum berga la patum website online video la patum catalan festival archived wayback machine