Passeig de Gracia - Gran Via
Today was Catalunya National Day, in catalan is called La diada.
Catalans are sick and tired of being told what to do by the Spanish government. they want independence (they have been wanting independence for a long long time), my father was all for it, he even went to secret meetings with other catalanists -during Franco's regime-. they could have been jailed had they been found.
Today, a lot of catalans, carrying catalan and catalan independence flags, gathered in Barcelona for a big demonstration. They came by bus and train from all over Catalunya, one and a half million strong! They sang Els Segadors, which is the catalan hymn, and marched peacefully and joyfully from the mountains to the sea. It was an amazing sight! My cousin Fernando wrote me that he will be walking in the demonstration.
I followed a lot of it thru the Catalan TV online, they offered a live feed for catalans living abroad.
VISCA CATALUNYA!
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