Gràcia is a district of the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The most well-known attraction in Gràcia is the Gaudí-designed Parc Güell which is located on El Carmel mountain. Every August, Gràcia holds an eight-day festival "Festa Major", known as Festes de Gràcia, one of the largest festivals in Barcelona.
In any event, the festival that strengthens the middle and late nineteenth century, it was defined in a more civic religion, through the efforts of the many organizations working and leisure, cultural associations or societies of dance.
The concept of Gràcia festival is that each street in the neighbourhood competes to win the prize of being the best decorated street. Each street tends to take the competition very seriously and the standards are very high. A theme is chosen by each street and this can cover anything from Roman wrestling to underwater sea life. Walk through the streets of Gràcia and you will be amazed by the canopies of colourful decoration that are above you and the creativity and originality that each street demonstrates.
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Carrer Berga
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As we can see mostly all the decorations are made out of waste materials, but how creatively they used! The bees out of painted bottles and lighters out of plastic spoons which create such a nice texture. Probably the one bottle bee would not look so impressive but when there are hundreds of them? Huh? Impressive?
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| Carrer Berga |
I just made a close look on how all the objects were made and I was absolutely stunned by the creativity of these people.
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| Carrer Berga |
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| Carrer Berga |
Major celebrations on the festival occur at night, that's why it is omportant to interact with light in installations.
The street of Joan Blanques was decorated on the Water theme and the main material were bottles as well, cutted in such a nice way that in the interaction with wind they really looked like something watery.
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix |
Streets decoration is not just one more reason to spend time nicely and have fun but also a real opportunity for people to express their personal opinion on topical issues and things that concern them, such as the melting of glaciers and the murder of northern animals.
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot |
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| Carrer Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot |
Moreover by decorating the streets neighbourhoods can draw the attention of sponsors and investors, a lot of tourists are a good oportunity to promote your company. And for the neighbourhoods it is an opportunity to have some money for slum. Isn't it a perfect idea?
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Carrer Mozart
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| Carrer Mozart |
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| Carrer Mozart |
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| Carrer Mozart |
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| Carrer Mozart |
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| Carrer Progres |
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| Carrer Progres |
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| Carrer Tordera |
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| Carrer Tordera |
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| Carrer Tordera |
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| Carrer Tordera |
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| Carrer Tordera |
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| Carrer Tordera |
Cacti from aluminum cans - simply genious
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| Carrer Tordera |
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Plaça de la Vila
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Plaça de la Vila
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Besides the contest streets, each year there are different activities during the seven days of the festival. The most common actions castle (headed by Castellers Villa de Gracia), the dances, the giant neighbor meals and concerts.
I was such a lucky to see it all by myself. To have such a festival for the whole neighbourhood is so simple and so cool, with a huge amount of opportunities. And we even do not know who are our neighbours so far. By collaborating it is so easy to change this world and have some fun in our boring lives.
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