Fia-faia and Foc de Nuet, traditional practices to celebrate winter solstice
Christmas is the Christian way of celebrating winter solstice, but there are in Catalonia (Spain) other living forms to celebrate this astronomic event which, in the Northern hemisphere, marks the beginning of the extension of sunlight hours and of a new year cycle. Two of such practices are the Fia-faia in the villages of Bagà [...]