Dying Catalonia fall tradition Castanyada: On the off chance that you've ever been to Catalonia in the fall, you'll have seen road merchants selling cooked chestnuts, with stands dissipated about the roads of Barcelona just as endless different urban communities and towns.

This is on the grounds that chestnuts, or 'castanyes', are eaten as a feature of La Castanyada, an occasion which falls on October 31, the very day as Halloween and the night prior to All Saints' Day.

The exceptionally old custom follows its foundations back to when individuals would cluster adjacent to the fire to eat occasional nourishments, including chestnuts and yams, just as marzipan regards known as panellets, the prior night offering their appreciation to their precursors in graveyards on November first.

Comparative festivals can likewise be found in northern Spain, where it is known as Magosto, and Portugal just as southern France.

Chestnut dealer

Anna, a 'castanyera' or chestnut dealer on Barcelona's Ronda Sant Antoni, gladly disclosed to Catalan News about the "family custom" she's saved alive for as far back as 22 years. Two of her uncles maintained the occasional business for a very long time before her, with a substitute precisely the same spot - her girl is a 'castanyera', on Gran Via, as well.

Dying Catalonia fall tradition Castanyada

Yet, some dread this fall custom is vanishing as the once unfamiliar however now progressively mainstream Halloween seems, by all accounts, to be grabbing hold in Catalonia as well.

Anna, be that as it may, rushed to blame the changing elements in her neighborhood for her stand's lessening business. Sant Antoni, presently probably the trendiest territory, is maybe what some would call a survivor of its prosperity as improvement and rising costs have constrained increasingly more long haul occupants to move out.

"The area isn't doing great it is possible that," she says. "We've lost a great deal of the great neighbors we once had here."

This year, with the pandemic disheartening numerous a chestnut merchant, hasn't helped the 'Castanyada' cause either. That, yet numerous schools in Catalonia, which ordinarily mark the occasion with panellet-heating among their more youthful understudies, won't participate in this fall convention because of wellbeing and security concerns.

Pandemic aside, the impact of globalization and the profoundly marketed US adaptation of Halloween is certain. A long time back it would have been inconceivable to see kids and many grown-ups sprucing up on the 31st or to have Halloween stuff sneaking up in stores a month prior to the date - but, this has become the standard here and in numerous different pieces of the globe as well.

However, Catalans are a glad bundle. While losing 'La Castanyada' altogether appears to be improbable, October 31 might just transform into a 'Castaween' of sorts.

Dying Catalonia fall tradition Castanyada

Barcelona positioned eighth in most recent World's Best Cities report

Catalan capital is "perfect example" of answers for worldwide overtourism, as per firm behind rankings

Barcelona is the eighth best city on the planet, as per the most recent report from Canadian consultancy firm, Resonance.

The "rebellious" Catalan capital acquires its positioning for its "inebriating blend of sea shore, engineering and inventiveness" which has "outlined the city as the perfect example of worldwide overtourism—and its answers."

The rankings – drove by London in the lead position, trailed by New York (second) and Paris (third) – consider a scope of components including a city's characteristic and constructed climate, its foundations, social contributions, variety, thriving and online proposals.

Barcelona has kept up its situation since the past report, in spite of the fact that since 2019 it has slipped three spots from fifth, being overwhelmed by Moscow (fourth), Dubai (sixth) and Singapore (seventh).

The remainder of the main 10 is made up by Tokyo (fifth), Los Angeles (ninth) and Madrid (tenth).

The report depicts Barcelona as an "practically ideal European city, one with close ideal climate all year, miles and miles of sea shores, famous parks, striking design and bright neighborhoods that walk to their own personal beat—aesthetic, advanced, bohemian."

It proceeds to depict the city as a "travel industry magnet", which has "drove the world with programs pointed toward controlling the impacts of rampant the travel industry—like land speculators who grab up condos just to lease them on Airbnb, draining a previously restricted flexibly."

The report additionally recognizes the serious effect of the Covid pandemic on the Catalan capital, refering to the likely lasting conclusion of "practically 40%" of bars and cafés as "disastrous", particularly given Barcelona's "#3 positioning for worldwide nightlife."

Halloween v Castanyada

Catalonia's conventional Oct 31 festivals battle to get by as Halloween makes progress

Catalan News' initially digital broadcast is accessible at this point. You can tune in to our first scene of 'Filling the Sink' underneath, or buy in on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.

Everything commences with somewhat of a disputable theme: what ought to be praised on October 31 in Catalonia, the conventional occasion of la Castanyada, or the generally tenderfoot – in this piece of the world in any event – Halloween?

The discussion is on, with digital recording host Lorcan Doherty attempting to maintain a type of control as two of our writers battle their individual corners, Alan Ruiz Terol for Castanyada and Cristina Tomàs White for Halloween.

They examine what precisely Castanyada is (piece of information: it includes chestnuts), and how it thinks about to Halloween as far as food, fun, loved ones.

Obviously, the current year's celebrations will be nothing similar to typical, given the current Covid-19 circumstance in Catalonia. Be that as it may, what will the future hold for Castanyada and Halloween? Can the two occasions coincide or in the event that one of them is bound to vanish.

In this first scene you will likewise get with a customary castanyera, or chestnut vender, a job that has been be in decay of late, and we'll additionally clarify why the web recording is called 'Filling the Sink.'

In this way, tune in, appreciate, and Happy Halloween!... Or on the other hand should that be Happy Castanyada?