Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] Catalan language in photos
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:20:58 +0530
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Alastair,
Lovely, all three.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:14 PM,  <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> We visited an old mask and magic shop in Barcelona with Lluis. He and the
> madam had an animated discussion, and I can tell you, the hands were a
> vital element to the 'language' as you can see here in two shots.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ourg4jw
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ncntpzm
>
> I asked Lluis afterwards and yes they were speaking Catalan. The hunger
> for independence from Spain is everywhere. Flags draped from 30% of the
> balconies---- and there are a lot of balconies in Barcelona !!!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nop429y
>
> Viva Catalonia; the striped flag is of Catalonia, and Lluis tells me the
> star/triangle flag with the stripes was inspired by Cuba and their fight
> for freedom, and is a flag which will 'disappear' when independence is
> won.
>
> A proud people, proud heritage and lovely language: the hands have it ;-)
>
> Alastair
>
>
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: For Ted from Barcelona)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] ANSWERING ALL THE BARCELONA FRIENDS!!! :-) ! :-))
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] Hands Barcelona)
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] Catalan language in photos)