The palms market at the Rambla Catalunya

Today I realized that tomorrow is Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos), a movable Christian feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday, just before the Holy Week (Semana Santa). Palms were on sale at a street market situated at the Rambla Catalunya with c/Diputació. The palms are leaves of palm trees which grow tied and protected from sunlight. Thus they don´t turn green and are very flexible. Palms for girls are not too big and are braided into different designs. The small braided palm leaves are worn on the lapel. Bay leaf branches are also used, mainly by adults. Although in Spain religion is losing ground, tomorrow you may encounter special ceremonies inside or outside most churches, which often include short processions. Many people still take their families to church on this date because for many of us, this tradition is part of our childhood memories.

The drawings by Picasso decorating the façade of the building which is the siège of the Association of Architects of Catalonia, at the Plaça Catedral, reproduce, among other subjects, the traditions of palm sunday.