2020/12/12

Catalanophobia: New Spanish attack to the sculpture of the Sardana (Catalan dance)

The sculpture of the Sardana in Montjuic Mountain, Barcelona, has been vandalized twice in one week. The attack on the sculpture took place in two phases: first, two hands of one of the figures were broken and, one week later, the hands of the other 8 were broken. The sculpture of Josep Cañas, which consists of 8 dancers, was mutilated by Spaniards in 2002, one of the dancers was removed from the group. In October 2014 he also suffered an attack by Spanish Catalanophobics, this time 6 arms were broken.

The monument is a praise of the sardana, encourages regional folklore and has become a symbol of clandestine Catalanism in Barcelona. The pro Spanish mayorship elected by Catalunya en Comú (communists), PSOE (Socialists) and a split of far right C'anos party has been unable to restore the monument since two months.



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