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Doing the Sardana in Ceret – Folk Dancing on Place Picasso in Catalan France

Dancing the Sardana Catalan folk dance in Céret (Ceret), France. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

It wasn’t on the scale of the festival we’d just experienced in Perpignan, but we were delighted to return from the Southern French city to our little village of Ceret to find the French Catalan community out in full force on Place Picasso doing a folk dance known as the sardana. On the drive to … Read more

Perpignan and The Procession de la Sanch – How to Spend Good Friday in Southern France

The Procession de la Sanch, Perpignan, France. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Good Friday or Vendredi Saint is marked in no small way in the town of Perpignan in Southern France with the Procession de la Sanch. This slow, somber march through the streets of the old town opens the Easter Holy Week or La Semaine Sainte celebrations. Even when we arrived a few hours before the Procession de la Sanch, … Read more