看到达人提到Merce 一股热血就爆了上来 让我忍不住来写一下这个巴塞隆纳最重要的节庆 (不想看英文想看图的直接按Pg Dn罢) 先来个发音教学 加泰隆尼亚语ce发英文ch的音 所以Merce' 发起来是"美rrr妾" 首先贴一下巴塞隆纳市长Joan Clos在2001年写的文章 原登录在Avui 英文文本在http://www.bcn.es The Meaning of the Merce Fiesta Avui 24.09.2001 The fiesta as a testimony to living together in harmony, the fiesta as a radical response to the terror and to the tragedy that is engraved in our memory. This is the image that I have in mind while I write these lines, just when the fiesta is about to end with an enthusiastic burst of fireworks and with music from around the world, sheltered by the small Venetian towers in Placa Espanya. I am not taking much of a risk if I say that the Merce has been a success, because I am familiar with the spirit of the city and I know that we can trust in it. And because I have a deep belief that terror – no matter how brutal and how widespread – will not be able to modify our way of life and our feeling of community. If we expressed our solidarity with the people of New York and Washington in words at the start, we can now express the same feeling by means of the fiesta: the fiesta as an affirmation of life, of continuity, of community spirit. I feel sure that there are few things as meaningful as a city living in peace during a community fiesta. There are few events like the Merce in Europe or in the world: it is very much an expression of Barcelona. It expresses the best of the city, because it clearly shows a Barcelona that is open-minded, participatory and diverse, a Barcelona in which everyone has a place and where no one prevails over others. I have always thought that cities are potent laboratories in which coexistence among people, cultures, beliefs, interests, languages, skin colours, genders… are constantly developing and adapting to one another, and that these new intertwined lives being lived peacefully, concentrated in a city, should spread to the whole world. I would like to think that we are seeing the birth – the painful birth – of a new world order that can rediscover the almost magical balance between freedom and respect that is spontaneously displayed during the fiesta. A world order that allows everyone to live in freedom and with dignity, so that instead of the perverse globalisation of the markets, we can aspire to the globalisation of justice and well-being. This is something that can be built up in cities, in Barcelona as well. That is why our main annual fiesta is a message of peace and hope, and why it is a fiesta showing solidarity with the people who are suffering in New York and in Washington, as well as with people throughout the world, all of whom are uneasy about the uncertainty of the immediate future. We have experienced a Merce that, as always, has been both the same and different: a metaphor of the city that always has the same spirit with so many different faces. And we have had a Merce with new facets. The Passeig de Gracia has been included in a very highly symbolic gesture, because for one day, cars vanished to free the street for a great many participatory activities. The street left off being a place for traffic and nerves, hustle and bustle, to become an open area for community activities. In addition, this central traffic artery of Barcelona was a place devoted to the emerging values of our time, which are today more necessary than ever: solidarity, diversity, sustainability, peace – the objectives of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures. It was, therefore, a fleeting one-day undertaking, but it had an almost subversive meaning that, somehow, was understood by those who enjoyed the festive event. The Merce that ends today will have filled 460 hours with activities and performances. There were nearly 300 different events, which included an immense range of options: tradition and modernity; parades with fireworks and all kinds of music; artists and clowns; culture from all over the planet; some very wise words from Jose Antonio Marina in his opening address; free access to museums and twenty-eight theatres with seats at half price; dance and folk-dancing; races and gymkhanas; and kites flying up above… To sum up, it has been a union between city and culture, sport and the life of associations and civic entities, that filled up the stands in Placa de Catalunya. If this stream of events, which is far from including the complete programme of the fiesta, makes people catch their breath, it is because the inhabitants of Barcelona threw themselves into it and took part in the fiesta that filled the city with joy and community spirit, morning, afternoon and night. This is how city streets should be: occupied and shared, a place of solidarity where we build and experience the whole city together. This evening, when the peaceful Piromusical fireworks mark the end of the Merce this evening, I hope that the spirit of the fiesta lingers on. This is the spirit of peace, of living together in harmony, in respect and in freedom. This is what we want for Barcelona, what we want for the whole world. Thanks to the people of Barcelona, and those from afar who have visited us, for having taught us how to behave by means of the fiesta. Joan Clos i Matheu Mayor of Barcelona -- 然後也是http://www.bcn.es出来的介绍 http://w3.bcn.es/V01/Home/V01HomeLinkPl/0,2460,7610_26672601_3,00.html Culture> Festivals and traditions> Merce Fest On September 24 or thereabouts, Barcelona once again celebrates its Patron Saint Festival. Like a last explosion before autumn, La Merce is a Festival of festivals, which concentrates in a few days hundreds of activities such as the following: >>Barcelona Musical Action: to discover new sound proposals >>Barcelona Street Arts: with artists who perform within reach of the audience >>The Festival of Tradition: human towers, capgrossos (dwarves with big heads), giants and an entire menagerie of festive animals, accompanied by guests from Mediterranean countries. >>The Festival in the Sky: acrobatic gathering including jets, balloons and gliders. >>The Festival of Fire: all types of sparks, from the pyrotechnical music show to the correfoc (literally a fire-run). The etcetera is long, and tends to include over 500 activities which gives something to appeal to everyone. La Merce is the festival of a thousand faces. Which one will you experience this year? -- 在下有幸在2002年参加了巴塞隆纳的La Merce 真的深刻的感受到了这个城市的居民有多幸福 先跟各位分享2002 merce的官方海报 由Antoni Tapies设计 http://tinyurl.com/lsfvk 海报上写着四个加泰隆尼亚字 +cantar (多多歌唱) +coneixer (多多认识/体认) +estimar (多多去爱) +servir (多多服务) 右上角黑色的斜条纹是要提醒大家 不要忘记加泰隆尼亚过去曾遭受的惨痛历史 是不是很有感觉啊... 尤其再对照上面市长说的Merce的精神後 (给我闪一下 这海报我有一张XD) 然後上一段介绍中的Barcelona Musical Accion (Barcelona Accio' Musical, BAM) http://www.bcn.es/bam 这是近十年来才有的 市政府主办的超大音乐季 从最古典的巴洛克室内乐演奏 到最in的摇滚乐流行乐 最free的爵士跟R&B/HipHop 或是死人骨头吱吱叫的实验电子乐 全部都有 而且 通 通 在 大 街 上 表 演 通 通 不 收 钱 (其实同时在十个venue都有表演 可以参考去年的program http://tinyurl.com/lm3ar) 我印象最深的是其中两场 其中一场是在大教堂前的广场 演出的是African Jazz All Star Band名字大概是这样 (而其实他们是唱reggae) 开场前一小时我买好必鲁 到现场找了排在广场上椅子 好位置坐好 (其实也只能坐到第十排那种 因为那天天气还不错大家没事都出来巴say阿) 当我好整以遐的在那点起我的雪茄啜饮着啤酒 两脚往前一伸背靠着椅背准备享受时 竟然开始滴起小雨来 不过现场的人根本没有人在管这蛮大滴的毛毛雨 坐我旁边从德国移民来长像酷似Kurt Russel的欧吉桑这时也点起他的小雪茄 跟我说 "La Merce一定要淋点雨的 没有雨就感觉不对了" 音乐会准时开始 前几首大家除了屁股黏在椅子上以外 手啊肩膀啊啥能跳舞的器官都用上了 大概是第四首吧 第一排有人站了起来 第二排有人也站了起来 摇滚区竟然出现了 接下来就看到那塑胶椅一把一把的从前面往後传往旁边传 最旁边的人开始玩叠叠乐 摇滚区的人随着雷鬼又有点R&B的节奏扭着摇着 在巴洛克式建筑 几百岁的大教室前面听着雷鬼乐 看着平均年龄大概是40岁的上百群众在扭动的感觉 当我正为这个景象觉得妙到不行的时候 突然间 大教堂後面云散开了 从塔尖旁边出现了大大圆圆的月亮 不是我要在这洒狗血 不过那一刻我真的在想我爹娘 因为当天刚好就是中秋节....... (可能也因此 现在的我每逢中秋都会"举头望明月，低头思tapas的原因吧...唉......) 另外一场让我印象很深刻的演出是冰岛的前卫实验电子团Mum 在哥德区里的Placa del Rei (这不是Ramblas中间那个Plaza Reial喔 这是不同的两个广场) 地型图跟照片给大家看一下 http://www.unc.edu/~haraszti/placadelrei.html http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/barcelona/01cities/042placadelrei.JPG 这是个蛮不大的广场 从十三世纪以来便是巴塞隆纳的掌权者的住所 俱称哥伦布便是在这里跟费南多及伊莎贝报告他发现了新大陆 在我看完足球赛後回到市中心 一路问了不下十个人才找到这个哥德区中心的中世纪广场 当天现场人多到爆炸 可以跟刚开始打折前两天的SOGO比美 脚缩起来照样可以随着人群移动 而随时身边确也总有着卖冰罐装啤酒的小贩 节目精彩就不说了 当时那种感觉很说不上来 在一个已经首建於西元一世纪的广场上听着二十一世纪的电子音乐 投射灯把Merce2002的logo(见上开海报)打到始十一世纪砌起来的石壁上 封闭而不大的广场(三面石墙)音场听起来确格外的层次分明 而且我要坦承 当天因为人太多 我一度曾爬上广场上一个Chillida的装置作品 (http://www.barceloca.com/fotos/uploads/normal/rei.jpg) 第二天看报纸我吓到了 因为那场演出据报载 有一千多人在场 ......... -- 另外一个在Merce也很有名的是Barcelona Arts de Carrer 街头艺术季 http://www.bcn.es/artsdecarrer/ (右上角可以选语言 这个可应该不用我说吧XD) http://www.artsdecarrer.org <--Catalan的网页 这也是由市政府出钱 请各种可以在街上表演的艺人在市中心庆典集中的几个区域内 (如 哥德区 / Las Ramblas区 / Passeig de Garcia / Parc de la Ciutadella等) 表现各式各样的街头艺术 我看过超赞而还记得起来的有 1. Porta'd Angel街往下走到底快到大教堂广场的双人Tango 好像所有人都喜欢在这跳 其实很红的只有一组 http://tinyurl.com/l8tg9 http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/covaliu/155699844/ http://www-us.flickr.com/search/?q=barcelona+tango&page=2 <--超火热 2. Las Ramblas上的三人jazz团 一个女vocal，一个敲着巴西鼓跟摇conga，一个pianist(当然还有他的琴罗)。 就在Liceu地铁站两个出口中间开唱 这个团唱的很好可惜我找不到照片 3. 另外也有一仙 他一个人搞定一个band http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/e-head/3363696/ http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/controvento/169850701/ http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/chanwoo/43902660/ 其他真的太多了 想不起来.. Arts al Carrer相本 http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/lignasi/sets/72157594194667128/ 然後上面英文介绍文也有提到另一个Carrefoc 是庆祝节庆的一种方式 如果我们过年放炮吓年兽一样 他们放烟火 其实有点像巨大的仙女棒 http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/pickard/47194012/ -- 其他找到也放一下的info Google到的英文介绍: http://www.rentspain.com/fiestas-and-holidays/fiesta-de-la-merce/index.html 大纪元时报刚好找到的照片都是传统的"人塔" (不过那个啥"自奥运以来"那段有点怪怪) http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/5/9/26/n1065285.htm Google以图找文: http://images.google.com.tw/images?hl=zh-TW&q=fiesta%20de%20merce&sa=N&tab=wi 很赞的照片(一定要点喔!!): http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/pickard/sets/1028647/ -- 这篇文章算是终於被我写完了...可是其实是写不完的 板上下一个要去Merce的是谁?! -- ██████████████████ --

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