Do the Catalan culture is more similar to the Portuguese one or to the Italian one?

[AphroditeWorshiper]

when I says culture, I mean: food, dances, music, folklore, lifestyle...

just wondering

[B01AB20]

when I says culture, I mean: food, dances, music, folklore, lifestyle...

just wondering

to the danish culture... :eek:

at least according to indepentists leaders an independent catalonia would be like 'the Denmark of the mediterranean', no joking.

[brennus dux gallorum]

North Italian, in a weird way

[Ouistreham]

I mean: food, dances, music, folklore...

Such cultural phenomenons aren't significant at all. They propagate by contiguity, so you can expect both Portuguese and Catalan popular cultures being closer to the central arch-dominant Iberian culture (i.e. Castilian Spain) than they are to each other.

On the other hand there are striking commonalities between Catalonia and Italy as far as sociology and social psychology are concerned.
Both countries share a specific petty bourgeois mindset, both anarchistic and conservative. People only care of their family businesses and have a poor loyalty to the States they belong to.

They also have a passion for visual arts and design, but I don't know if it's correlated to the former feature.

[Percivalle]

Examples of Catalan culture?

[Sebastianus Rex]

Examples of Catalan culture?

Mostly degenerated art and extremely late dinner habits.

[Bell Beaker]

Honestly, I don't know.

[NordicMan]

Who cares?

[MinervaItalica]

Personally, i think the only culture we have similar to the Catalan one is the "culture of indipendentism" that sadly influenced some narrow-minded Italians.

Jokes apart the only Catalan influence (though quite small today) is in Alghero. For the rest i don't think we have similar culture. Food not for sure...

[AphroditeWorshiper]

Examples of Catalan culture?

http://laveujovetv.cat/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Vilasalva-2.jpg

http://www.catalunyaexperience.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Valls_3-Sta-Ursula-2014-%C2%A9-Ajuntament-Valls-Pere-Toda.jpg

http://www.pedresdegirona.com/Imatges5/girona10_2013_capgrossos_36.jpg

http://www.feelathomeapartments.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/correfoc2.jpg

http://www.hostemplo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/11356344433_242e013565_b.jpg

http://spanish-trails.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sardana_0.jpg

http://www.renttopapartments.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pa-amb-tomaquet.jpg

http://cdn02.visitbarcelona.com/files/5445-8168-Imagen/escudella_c2.jpg

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Such cultural phenomenons aren't significant at all. They propagate by contiguity, so you can expect both Portuguese and Catalan popular cultures being closer to the central arch-dominant Iberian culture (i.e. Castilian Spain) than they are to each other.

The arch-dominant Iberian culture (Castillian) is only in Spain, not in Portugal for sure, even though we are closer to Spaniards than to anyone else.


Mostly degenerated art and extremely late dinner habits.

Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and Atoni Tápies is what you would call degenerated art? I think that is subjective but undoubtedly they are some of the most resounding names worldwide when it comes to the artistic movement of surrealism and abstract expressionism.

Our dinning habits aren't much different as well when compared to the rest of Europe. Probably not as late as in Catalonia but also not at 5 p.m. like several westerner tourists seem to do here. Going out at night in Portugal usually means between midnight and 1 a.m. while when I was in Poland it would usually mean going out between 9-10 p.m.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

As for the topic question, any Iberian culture will be inevitably always more similar to another Iberian culture.

[Bosniensis]

when I says culture, I mean: food, dances, music, folklore, lifestyle...

just wondering

Iberian culture is ancient Serbian culture.

Iberian aka. Serb-Arian.. ancient Serbian Arian Culture

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

http://laveujovetv.cat/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Vilasalva-2.jpg

This is strikingly similar to our Pauliteiros. Interesting, I thought it was exclusive to Portugal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCyOEp99_E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKMWR18jVQ0

[DarknessWin]

Why not Greek ??
Actually the region of Catalonia was Greek colony

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Why not Greek ??
Actually the region of Catalonia was Greek colony

Besides the ruins and archaeological sights there's no Greek heritage in modern Catalonia's culture.

[catgeorge]

Why not Greek ??
Actually the region of Catalonia was Greek colony

Nope - it doesnt exist. could be some strains there but most is R1b if not all and this was not the dna of colonists of phokea

[AphroditeWorshiper]

As for the topic question, any Iberian culture will be inevitably always more similar to another Iberian culture.

I think the food is definitely more similar to Italian, since both are Mediterranean regions

also I have read a little about Catalan cuisine, and seems to be more similar with Italian

[Cristiano viejo]

This is strikingly similar to our Pauliteiros. Interesting, I thought it was exclusive to Portugal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCyOEp99_E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKMWR18jVQ0

That is exactly what I thought when I saw the example of Brazilian Lebanese.
But the danza del paloteo is part of the Celtic legacy, it works in whole Spain, Catalonia included of course.

[AphroditeWorshiper]

That is exactly what I thought when I saw the example of Brazilian Lebanese.
But the danza del paloteo is part of the Celtic legacy, it works in whole Spain, Catalonia included of course.

:mad:

stop now

[Cristiano viejo]

:mad:

stop now

What do you mean?

[AphroditeWorshiper]

What do you mean?

"brazilian lebanese", that's annoying

I'm Brazilian

[Cristiano viejo]

"brazilian lebanese", that's annoying

I'm Brazilian

And Lebanese :noidea:

[Damião de Góis]

Haha, i have to say that nickname was creative of me.

But i'll tell you what Guarani, i will stop.

[AphroditeWorshiper]

And Lebanese :noidea:

I'm not half Lebanese, Lebanese is my minor ancestry, very little

just by the mother of one Grandfather, so, very little

[Rafael Passoni]

Neither.

[Cristiano viejo]

Catalan culture for sure is closer to Portuguese, in every fuckin aspect.


Why not Greek ??
Actually the region of Catalonia was Greek colony

Saying Catalonia was a Greek colony is a good joke. Ampurias and Rosas = all Catalonia according you, LOL.

ACTUALLY the region of Athens and the region of Neopatras were Catalan colonies (being sincere Aragonese rather than Catalan, or better said, a mix of both), which is quite ironic taking account your post :laugh: