PERRY JANSSENS

The Gracia festival is the biggest of Barcelona's neighbourhood street festivals. About one and a half million people visit the Gracia Festival, which opens in 2014 on 15th August for the 198th edition. 

 

Correfocs originate from a form of medieval street theatre called ‘Ball de Diables’, representing the fight of good against evil. The Correfocs themselves are not medieval. Spanish dictator Franco banned many aspects of Catalan culture, so after his death, Barcelona wanted to fill the streets once again with fire and festivity.