Anybody visiting Catalonia, the northeast corner of Spain, is likely to see people gathered in squares or on promenades, espadrilles neatly tied, holding hands in circles and performing a sedate dance. Circles expand as more people join in and when they become too large, others are formed like replicating cells.
Visitors may be tempted to join in, but the sardana is not quite as simple as it looks. The serious demeanour of the dancers who hop and step first in one direction and then the other, is caused by meticulous counting of the bars that will ensure that their long and short steps are synchronised and that they reach the end on the correct foot.
Church Origins
The sardana, which is danced every Sunday outside Barcelona Cathedral, originates in the Empordà region of Catalonia. It is not known when it began but it used to be played outside churches after certain services, presided over by a priest and accomanied by a trio playing bagpipes, cornet and pipe and drum.
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