#coses de la terra

[useless-catalanfacts]

The University of Grenoble (France) is planning to remove Catalan classes from its curriculum next year. The students are organising this campaign to ask the university to keep it. Help them by signing this petition!

#coses de la terra #català #catalan #minority languages #minority language #minoritized languages #langblr #education #polyglot #language learning #university #languages #language

[steelydyke]

tapestry of creation, 11th century, girona

#art #art history #textiles #coses de la terra #textile art #medieval

[no-passaran]

The Catalan printing house Viena Edicions has this collection of English-language Victorian literature (translated to Catalan) and it all looks so beautiful 🥹 I really love the spines.

(I took the photos from their Instagram account)

#I've been thinking how lovely their collection Petits Plaers is for like 2 years at this point but I hadn't seen this one #💬 #literature #books #victorian #book covers #floral #bookblr #lit #coses de la terra #jane austen #emily brontë

[cinnabargirl]

I hate you tourism I hate you tourists I hate you cruise ships I hate you Airbnb I hate you binge tourism I hate you chain hotels I hate you gentrification and I specifically hate you tourism driven gentrification I hate you northern european and north american sense of superiority I hate you mass produced souvenirs I hate you tourists traps I hate the degradation of cultural landmarks I hate having to walk on eggshells in the place I live work + study in I hate I hate I hate I hate I hate

#tourism #capitalism #coses de la terra

[minglana]

PROU AGRESSIONS I DISCRIMINACIONS ALS HOMOSEXUALS NO T'AMAGUIS: LA TEVA POR ÉS LA SEVA FORÇA

ENOUGH AGRESSIONS AND DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALS DON'T HIDE: YOUR FEAR IS THEIR STRENGTH

1979 poster by FAGC (Catalan Gay Liberation Front) and JAG (Youth for Gay Liberation)

In 1979, the articles that criminalized “homosexual acts” in the Spanish Law on Social Dangerousness and Rehabilitation were repealed. In 1983, articles in the Law on Social Scandal were repealed. Some of these articles included “homosexual acts”, which could be kissing in public, or even holding hands. This law was completely repealed in 1989, while the first law did not see its end until 1995. While not the first homosexual assocation, FAGC was the first to fight against these laws during and immediately after the dictatorship.

[source] [more posters here]

#lgtb #argüello lgtb #lgbt history #lgbt #coses de la terra #catalunya

[perqueheplorat]

Setembre del 2024!

#mar i cel #dagoll dagom #coses de la terra #teatre barcelona #barcelona teatre #Youtube

[perearagonesigarcia]

Bon dia Catalunya

#coses de la terra

[guillemelgat]

Here's another song translation, by Mallorcan band Reïna! Since they're from the Balearic Islands and I don't think I've made a post about that dialect of Catalan I thought this would be an interesting chance to do that as well. But also the song is just really pretty, so I hope you guys enjoy!

Ja m’ha quedat clar que ara vols ser tu es dolent It’s become clear to me that now you want to be the bad guy I que m’escoltes per a no estar tot sol amb es teus pensaments And that you listen to me not to be all alone with your thoughts I que tots es camins que no fèiem encara hi són And that all the roads we never took are still there Tot i que ara semblin més llargs i torts Even though now they seem longer and more twisted

Ja m’ha quedat clar que no tenc clar si t’entenc It’s become clear to me that I’m not clear if I understand you I que te m’acostes per no estar tot sol en es mals moments And that you get close to me not to be all alone in the worst moments I que tot es temps que teníem s’ha fos And that all the time we had has melted Entre es dits que ara semblen més llargs i torts Between fingers that now seem longer and more twisted

[ TORNADA: Ets tan dolç que per dins me mata You’re so sweet that it kills me inside Te tenc tan a prop que sempre m’enrampes I hold you so close that you always give me a shock És tan fort que ja no té importància It’s so much that it doesn’t matter anymore Ets tan dolent que m’arriba a fer gràcia You’re so bad that it’s become funny to me ]

Ja m’ha quedat clar que ara ets tu es dolent It’s become clear to me that now you’re the bad guy I que m’enyores només quan saps que ho has fet malament And that you only miss me when you know you’ve done a bad job I maldament mos enteníem, ara ja no And even though we used to understand each other, we don’t now I d'ençà es dies crec que tornen més llargs i tot And from hereon out I think the days are becoming longer and all

[ TORNADA ]

Here are some features of Balearic/Mallorcan Catalan which you can hear in the song:

l'article salat - instead of el/la/els/les it's es/sa/es/ses

different distributions/realization of the neutral vowels - /ə/ can also be pronounced in stressed syllables (generally where you would have /ε/ in Central Catalan) and there's similar vowel reduction to Valencian of /ɔ/ and /o/ to /o/ rather than /u/

Using the pronomial clitics me/te/etc. which in Central Catalan usually only come after the verb before verbs instead of the forms em/et/etc. - also note mos (= ens/nos) which also occurs in lots of other dialects of Catalan

importància and gràcia are pronounced importanci and graci (this is common with a lot of words ending in -cia)

tenc = tinc

maldament = encara que

Bonus: Pronouncing /k/ as palatal /c/ - this is much less common, but the lead singer of Reïna does it which I thought was interesting (in contrast to Maria Jaume who doesn't seem to)

#let me know if i missed any i'm much less familiar with mallorcan catalan than i am with valencian and central catalan :') #i just like this song it's very sweet sounding and the lyrics go kind of hard #catalan:general #general:music #catalan:music #general:translation #catalan:translation #catalan:linguistics #catalan:pronunciation #idk man i don't have a dialectology tag so i'm not sure how to file this #coses de la terra #catalan #(comentari al marge la maria jaume s'assembla molt a una noia que crec que era la meva primera crush shdfjhsfkh) #Youtube

[garbagequeer]

Menhir prop de la serra de l'Albera zona, Agullana

#btw. images in th eimage bank. at work #thing #coses de la terra

[useless-catalanfacts]

A protester in a demonstration in favour of the rights of homosexual people. Year 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia. Photo by Pilar Aymerich (source).

Did you notice the sticker?

In the late 1970s, one of the most popular slogans in the Gay and Lesbian movement in Catalonia was "Maricon? Sí, gràcies" (Catalan language for "Faggot? Yes, thanks") in the shape of the famous "Nuclear? No, thanks" sign.

#uselesslgbtfacts #història #catalunya #pilar aymerich #coses de la terra #1970s #history #queer #queer history #gay #gay history #lgbt #lgbt history #europe #photojournalism #pride #lgbtq history #lgbtq #counterculture

[steelydyke]

#coses de la terra

[no-passaran]

Hi! Don't feel obligated to answer, but I've been learning catalan & I'd love to read some novels originally written in catalan, but i'm having a bit of a hard time finding ones that aren't 'classics'. Any recs? (I usually like literary stuff, like, authors irritatingly showing their skill, i eat that shit up, but anything contemporary or psychological or fantasy or anything will absolutely do :,) )

Oop sorry, I hadn't seen the message until now.

You won't have difficulty about this because Catalan literature is very lively and there's lots of great books coming out very often. Catalan literature has been praised around the world for having such vitality and quality, considering that it's a relatively small language community.

Personally the first recommendation that came to mind is Manuel de Pedrolo but idk if you're considering that a classic? He's relatively recent but many 20th century authors have become classics. His Mecanoscrit del segon origen is definitely considered a classic even though it's only from 1974, but I don't think the other ones are usually. Anyway, I really like his sci-fi short stories book Trajecte final, and my dad has spent years obsessed with his theatre play Homes i no. Talking about theatre scrips, I have a really soft spot for La cançó de les balances by Josep Maria Carandell ❤️.

I'm not usually one to read many short stories books but I also recommend Albert Sánchez Piñol's Homenatge als caiguts (stories of about 2 pages long and usually funny, very entertaining to read).

For a completely different vibe of short stories, I also thought El Cafè de la Granota by Jesús Moncada was excellent, the characterization and events feel like hearing your grandparents telling stories of when they were young. I still haven't read his most famous novel Camí de sirga though, honestly I don't know what I'm waiting for lol.

Canto jo i la muntanya balla by Irene Solà has also been very popular in the past few years and she definitely shows off her literary prose. I found it very lovely and I recommend it for when you want something more experimental. It's a book where each chapter is narrated by someone or something different (a shepherd, the rain, a witch who was killed centuries ago, a deer, a dog...) and it's very well written, it has also won some international awards.

And listen for some reason I still haven't read them myself (I plan to change that soon) but the best contemporary author is probably Jaume Cabré. I've only heard the highest praise for his Les veus del Pamano, and other of his books like Jo confesso. I'm planning to finally read Les veus del Pamano this summer and I'm very excited for it.

Another one I've heard lots of praise for and which I'm excited to read (hopefully soon) is Les històries naturals by Joan Perucho. I wasn't going to include books I haven't read besides Cabré (because, let's face it, with a question like this one must include Jaume Cabré) but since you asked for literary fantasy I think you might like it. It's about a knight/botanist who looks for one of Jaume I's knights who is a vampire.

Others that I've had recommended but haven't had time to read yet: Junil a la terra dels bàrbars by Joan Lluís-Lluís, Nicolau by Antoni Veciana, Guilleries by Ferran Garcia, and lots of people have loved Eva Baltasar's Permagel, Boulder and Mamut though it doesn't seem like my style they seem interesting.

I don't know if any of my followers wants to share some more in the comments/reblogs, but I'd be interested to hear them too 👀

#ask #disasterpigeon #coses de la terra #💬

[cinnabargirl]

Bon dia pel matí!

#coses de la terra

[theneesan]

aigua de valència is a dangerous game. and i keep forgetting that

#Important information if u plan to go to barraques #Coses de la terra #Aigua de València is a destroyer beverage mostly because its sweet and delicious #And ofc u always forget to count how many glasses u drank #Barraques tw

[perqueheplorat]

El nou repartiment de Mar i cel cantant "L'himne dels pirates" 😍

#mar i cel 2024 #mar i cel #dagoll dagom #coses de la terra #teatre barcelona #barcelona teatre #teatre musical #Youtube

[petxina]

Alcarràs by Carla Simón (2022) / pictures by lluistudela

#these are so pretty <3 #alcarràs #carla simón #coses de la terra