With the first cold, we like good roasted chestnuts. Now is the time, in schools, in the neighborhoods of different towns, etc., La Castañada is celebrated. It is a popular festival of Catalonia, which is usually celebrated between October 31 and All Saints Day, on November 1st. Like Halloween in the Anglo-Saxon countries, Catalan Chestnut comes from an ancient funeral ritual feast and consists of a meal that includes chestnuts, panellets, sweet potatoes and candied fruit, accompanied by muscatel.

During these days before Todos los Santos, there are chestnuts in the streets, in schools, and there are many hotel and catering establishments that set their premises or serve dishes related to chestnuts. Modernly, the Anglo-Saxon tradition of celebrating Halloween has also been imported, which is why in the next few days you will find various proposals related to this celebration.

Tradition and modernity coexist in this day that, in origin, made homage to the dead. On November 1 and 2, according to the religious calendar, All Saints Day and the Day of the Dead are celebrated, a moment in which the world of the living and the deceased unite: on the 1st, the Alive visit the dead in cemeteries; 2, the dead visit the living. Everywhere there are celebrations of all kinds, with a great diversity of activities depending on the place and the beliefs. From the Anglo-Saxon world, especially from the United States and popularized through film, new iconographic elements have arrived: pumpkins, skeletons and witches are increasingly present at this time.

While the towns and the catering businesses prepare the celebrations that will be offered these days, Maçanet de Cabrenys celebrates next Sunday the 30th, as a prelude to all this, the XIV Feria de la Chestnut. This is a fair dedicated to the chestnut, its fruit and its uses and includes stops, workshops, activities and shows in Plaça de la Vila, and a gastronomic days of the chestnut.

If you want to enjoy the best Chestnut and the best Halloween, settle in Roses at the next weekend and enjoy the bridge. Come to the fair of Maçanet de Cabrenys and discover what we can offer you in All Saints Day and the Day of the Dead. Stay with us, with the possibility of a Premium service, and let yourself be carried away by the magic of traditions. We are waiting for you in Roses!