karla berrens Tenure track lecturer Universitat de Barcelona
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Correfocs are Barcelonas noisiest tradition and fire devil performers sacrifice their hearing to take part
Every year on August 15, the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona is awoken by a pyrotechnic procession of diables, or “fire devils”, running through its narrow streets, shortly followed by groups of drummers. As revellers dance to the rhythm of percussion and explosions, noise and...
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