Barcelona celebrates Sant Jordi day with books, roses

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Barcelona celebrates Sant Jordi day with books, roses

STORY: Barcelona celebrates Sant Jordi day with books, roses DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in the street celebrating the day 2. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): MARIA MARIN, Manager of the Catalan Booksellers Association STORYLINE: Barcelona in Spain was packed with people on Saturday to celebrate the day of Sant Jordi, patron saint of Catalonia. Sant Jordi coincides with the International Book Day. Sant Jordi celebration was cancelled in 2020 and a reduced version held in 2021. This year, it is back bigger than ever with Barcelona's center devoted to hundreds of book and flower stalls. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): MARIA MARIN, Manager of the Catalan Booksellers Association "It's a festival that is growing a lot, and so for security reasons and to be able to move around better, not only in Barcelona but in other cities, it occupies ever larger areas." In Catalonia, April 23 is associated with roses and books due to the legend: Sa

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