La Festa de Merce, Barcelona - 西班牙

再過幾天
就是加泰隆尼亞最重要的慶典 Merce了
把之前寫過的文章重貼一下 新朋友可以參考用

http://www.bcn.es/merce <--右上角有可以選語言的地方


http://www.bcn.cat/cultura/merce07/ProgramaTur07ang.pdf
英文板的手冊 有所有活動的介紹跟資訊 超清楚


在文章裡有提到的 每年隨著Merce辦的巴塞隆納音樂活動(BAM)
http://www.bcn.cat/bam/2007/index.htm
http://www.bam.es
今年第十五屆了 在巴塞隆納的同協們切莫錯過!!






※ 引述《Catalan ( 歐。洲。冠。軍 )》之銘言：


看到達人提到Merce
一股熱血就爆了上來
讓我忍不住來寫一下這個巴塞隆納最重要的節慶 (不想看英文想看圖的直接按Pg Dn罷)


先來個發音教學
加泰隆尼亞語ce發英文ch的音
所以Merce' 發起來是"美rrr妾"


首先貼一下巴塞隆納市長Joan Clos在2001年寫的文章
原登錄在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

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然後也是http://www.bcn.es出來的介紹
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?

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在下有幸在2002年參加了巴塞隆納的La Merce
真的深刻的感受到了這個城市的居民有多幸福

先跟各位分享2002 merce的官方海報
由Antoni Tapies設計 http://tinyurl.com/lsfvk
海報上寫著四個加泰隆尼亞字

+cantar (多多歌唱)
+coneixer (多多認識/體認)
+estimar (多多去愛)
+servir (多多服務)

右上角黑色的斜條紋是要提醒大家
不要忘記加泰隆尼亞過去曾遭受的慘痛歷史


是不是很有感覺啊...
尤其再對照上面市長說的Merce的精神後 (給我閃一下 這海報我有一張XD)


然後上一段介紹中的Barcelona Musical Accion (Barcelona Accio' Musical, BAM)
http://www.bcn.es/bam
這是近十年來才有的 市政府主辦的超大音樂季
從最古典的巴洛克室內樂演奏 到最in的搖滾樂流行樂
最free的爵士跟R&B/HipHop 或是死人骨頭吱吱叫的實驗電子樂 全部都有

而且 通 通 在 大 街 上 表 演 通 通 不 收 錢

(其實同時在十個venue都有表演 可以參考去年的program http://tinyurl.com/lm3ar)

我印象最深的是其中兩場
其中一場是在大教堂前的廣場
演出的是African Jazz All Star Band名字大概是這樣 (而其實他們是唱reggae)
開場前一小時我買好必魯 到現場找了排在廣場上椅子 好位置坐好
(其實也只能坐到第十排那種 因為那天天氣還不錯大家沒事都出來巴say阿)
當我好整以遐的在那點起我的雪茄啜飲著啤酒 兩腳往前一伸背靠著椅背準備享受時
竟然開始滴起小雨來 不過現場的人根本沒有人在管這蠻大滴的毛毛雨
坐我旁邊從德國移民來長像酷似Kurt Russel的歐吉桑這時也點起他的小雪茄 跟我說
"La Merce一定要淋點雨的 沒有雨就感覺不對了"

音樂會準時開始 前幾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 第一排有人站了起來 第二排有人也站了起來 搖滾區竟然出現了
接下來就看到那塑膠椅一把一把的從前面往後傳往旁邊傳
最旁邊的人開始玩疊疊樂 搖滾區的人隨著雷鬼又有點R&B的節奏扭著搖著
在巴洛克式建築 幾百歲的大教室前面聽著雷鬼樂
看著平均年齡大概是40歲的上百群眾在扭動的感覺

當我正為這個景象覺得妙到不行的時候 突然間
大教堂後面雲散開了 從塔尖旁邊出現了大大圓圓的月亮
不是我要在這灑狗血 不過那一刻我真的在想我爹娘
因為當天剛好就是中秋節.......

(可能也因此 現在的我每逢中秋都會"舉頭望明月，低頭思tapas的原因吧...唉......)


另外一場讓我印象很深刻的演出是冰島的前衛實驗電子團Mum
在哥德區裡的Placa del Rei
(這不是Ramblas中間那個Plaza Reial喔 這是不同的兩個廣場)

地型圖跟照片給大家看一下
http://www.unc.edu/~haraszti/placadelrei.html
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/barcelona/01cities/042placadelrei.JPG

這是個蠻不大的廣場
從十三世紀以來便是巴塞隆納的掌權者的住所
俱稱哥倫布便是在這裡跟費南多及伊莎貝報告他發現了新大陸
在我看完足球賽後回到市中心
一路問了不下十個人才找到這個哥德區中心的中世紀廣場

當天現場人多到爆炸 可以跟剛開始打折前兩天的SOGO比美
腳縮起來照樣可以隨著人群移動 而隨時身邊確也總有著賣冰罐裝啤酒的小販

節目精彩就不說了 當時那種感覺很說不上來
在一個已經首建於西元一世紀的廣場上聽著二十一世紀的電子音樂
投射燈把Merce2002的logo(見上開海報)打到始十一世紀砌起來的石壁上
封閉而不大的廣場(三面石牆)音場聽起來確格外的層次分明
而且我要坦承 當天因為人太多
我一度曾爬上廣場上一個Chillida的裝置作品
(http://www.barceloca.com/fotos/uploads/normal/rei.jpg)

第二天看報紙我嚇到了 因為那場演出據報載 有一千多人在場 .........

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另外一個在Merce也很有名的是Barcelona Arts de Carrer 街頭藝術季
http://www.bcn.es/artsdecarrer/ (右上角可以選語言 這個可應該不用我說吧XD)
http://www.artsdecarrer.org <--Catalan的網頁
這也是由市政府出錢
請各種可以在街上表演的藝人在市中心慶典集中的幾個區域內
(如 哥德區 / Las Ramblas區 / Passeig de Garcia / Parc de la Ciutadella等)
表現各式各樣的街頭藝術

我看過超讚而還記得起來的有

1.
Porta'd Angel街往下走到底快到大教堂廣場的雙人Tango
好像所有人都喜歡在這跳
其實很紅的只有一組 http://tinyurl.com/l8tg9
http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/covaliu/155699844/
http://www-us.flickr.com/search/?q=barcelona+tango&page=2 <--超火熱

2.
Las Ramblas上的三人jazz團
一個女vocal，一個敲著巴西鼓跟搖conga，一個pianist(當然還有他的琴囉)。
就在Liceu地鐵站兩個出口中間開唱
這個團唱的很好可惜我找不到照片

3.
另外也有一仙 他一個人搞定一個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 想不起來..
Arts al Carrer相本
http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/lignasi/sets/72157594194667128/



然後上面英文介紹文也有提到另一個Carrefoc
是慶祝節慶的一種方式 如果我們過年放炮嚇年獸一樣
他們放煙火 其實有點像巨大的仙女棒
http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/pickard/47194012/


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其他找到也放一下的info

Google到的英文介紹:
http://www.rentspain.com/fiestas-and-holidays/fiesta-de-la-merce/index.html

大紀元時報剛好找到的照片都是傳統的"人塔" (不過那個啥"自奧運以來"那段有點怪怪)
http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/5/9/26/n1065285.htm

Google以圖找文:
http://images.google.com.tw/images?hl=zh-TW&q=fiesta%20de%20merce&sa=N&tab=wi

很讚的照片(一定要點喔!!):
http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/pickard/sets/1028647/


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這篇文章算是終於被我寫完了...可是其實是寫不完的
板上下一個要去Merce的是誰?!


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