{"id":97863,"date":"2019-02-14T14:44:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T13:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=97863"},"modified":"2019-02-12T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:29:37","slug":"discover-festival-sant-medir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/discover-festival-sant-medir\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Festival of Sant Medir"},"content":{"rendered":"

The festival of Sant Medir<\/strong> is one of the most celebrated traditional events in some neighborhoods of Barcelona. Its origin is very old and it represents the most fun festival for children in many parts of Barcelona. It is undoubtedly one of the sweetest (literally) festivals on the Barcelona calendar of traditions, since its main characteristic is a rain of sweets through the streets of these central districts of the Catalan capital. Today,\u00a0ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> tells you all you need to know about the festival of Sant Medir<\/strong> in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Discover the Festival of Sweets: Sant Medir<\/h2>\n
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Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The festival of Sant Medir<\/strong><\/a> is a beautiful festival that is celebrated on March 3rd<\/strong>\u00a0in the streets of various neighborhoods, including Gr\u00e0cia<\/a>, Sarri\u00e0 <\/strong>and La Bordeta.<\/strong>\u00a0The origin of the festival of Sant Medir goes back to the neighborhood of Gr\u00e0cia, because of a promise made in 1828 by the baker Josep Vidal i Gran\u00e9s<\/strong>, who had a bakery<\/strong><\/a> on Gran de Gr\u00e0cia street. The promise consisted in going to the hermitage of Sant Medir annually, if his health problem was cured. That was the first year in which he kept his promise, and in later years more people began to take part, from relatives and friends, to even groups of people who became the colles<\/em>. In the first parades that were organized for the pilgrimage, Mr. Vidal i Gran\u00e9s threw beans to the public as a tribute to the saint, but over the years, the beans have been\u00a0replaced by candies and that is why it is known as the festival of sweets of Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The festival of Sant Medir<\/strong> is one of the most deeply rooted festivals in Vila de Gr\u00e0cia. The most important feature of this festival<\/strong><\/a> is the tons of candies of all sorts and types, that are thrown from horses and trucks into the public, who wait patiently alongside the parade. On March 3rd two parades are being organized, the first one is in the morning, when the children stroll through the neighborhood while candy is being thrown, and a pilgrimage to the chapel of Sant Medir in the Collserola mountain range<\/strong><\/a> begins. On the way back, the same children lead a great parade through the main streets of the neighborhood and throw candies at the public, who carry bags, umbrellas or any other instrument that helps them collect as many sweets as possible. The Sunday after March 3rd another pilgrimage is celebrated in the neighborhood of La Bordeta, this time only in the morning, in which people mount on horsebacks, trucks and carriages and again they throw candy to everyone present. At the end of the parade, people gather in the Parish of Sant Medir to celebrate a mass in honor of the saint. Of course, children are the ones who most enjoy this festival, but adults are also big fans, as it is a fun and sweet festival.<\/p>\n

*Main photo by Oh-Barcelona via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever been to the festival of Sant Medir? Did you like it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The festival of Sant Medir is one of the most celebrated traditional events in some neighborhoods of Barcelona. Its origin is very old and it represents the most fun festival for children in many parts of Barcelona. It is undoubtedly one of the sweetest (literally) festivals on the Barcelona calendar of traditions, since its main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":97865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4498],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97868,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97863\/revisions\/97868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}