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Burning dog: bizarre and brutal winter solstice celebrations in Spanish Pyrenees

Posted: January 5th 2009 22:42. Last modified: April 13th 2009 22:15

The sun dog is seen above reborn, having previously mysteriously died at the end of the solar year:

While its soul wanders the underworld, its old and weary body is barbecued and consumed in dark hovels by fearful peasants:

I’ve forgotten who it was who believed the Old Testament was originally written in English, or some predecessor [...]

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Categories: Heathen gods, Languages, Les bourgeois

Bin Laden caganer

Posted: August 4th 2007 18:04. Last modified: December 25th 2009 11:25

LP: I wanted to see what he looked like.

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Categories: Les bourgeois

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Barcelona

  • March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
  • March 22 1848 

    En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]

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