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As every year around this time, the Fira de Santa Llucia opened about 10 days ago and will go on until the 22 of December, in front of the Cathedral, in the Gothic area.

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This will be the 4th year in a row that the World Press Photo comes to Barcelona, in cooperation with the CCCB (Centro de Cultura Catalana de Barcelona).

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Talking about Spain we can’t forget to mention flamenco!
This music and dance style has very ancient origins and has been developed in Andalusia through the centuries, where the Gipsy community had a key role in the diffusion of this culture.

Through the years, flamenco differentiated into different styles, called palos. Some of them are very ancient and some others are more recent and modern. There are 50 different ones and some of the most popular names are bulería, tangos and siguiriyas. Palos are classified by their rhythmic pattern, their mode, the chord progression, the form of the verse, or the geographic origin. There are also some big differences among the traditions related to each palo. For example some of them are sung, some are danced, some are only for men, others only for women and some for either sex.

Flamenco dance is highly expressive, especially known for the dramatic movements of the arms and hands together with the stomping of the feet. The dances are improvised along the palo or the rhythm.

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November will be the month for the new edition of the Wintercase San Miguel. This festival has been the first itinerant music festival in Spain and it is now at its 7th edition. It always passes through Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, bringing in these cities some of the biggest names of the independent music.

This year festival will bring on the stage some new bands, which seem will have a great future!

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Once again we invite our customers to taste some Spanish food in the common room of the hostel.

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Until 1897 Gracia Quarter was an independent village, separated from Barcelona by fields. In the XIX century it grew a lot thanks to the immigration of the new industrial worker class.

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Stay this weekend in the new Urbany Hostel Barcelona and enjoy the Summercase Festival. It takes place simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid and already is one of the most important music festival in all Europe! The line up ranges from indie rock, indie pop and electronic music. Some of the biggest names this year are:

Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, The Verve, The Kooks, Blondie, Kings of Leon, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Sex Pistols, Primal Scream, Maxïmo Park, 2 Many Djs...

When?
18 & 19 July 2008

Where?
Parc del Fòrum
Plaça de Llevant
08019 Barcelona Spain

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