Caramelles

Caramelles are popular songs typical of Catalonia and Andorra, sung at Easter to celebrate the good new of the resurrection of Jesus, but also have a profane character.

[1][2] No documentation has been found to prove when and where this custom begins, but it is known that in the 16th century, it was already celebrated in the rural world, and the oldest are the religious joys dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.

The singers usually dress traditional clothes: white shirt, dark pants, sash and red barretina (a kind of hat).

They carry a basket, tied at the top of a long rod and all decorated with ribbons, with which they reach the balcony of the honoree, who, accordingly, leaves his donation.

In the cities, choral societies often sing compositions by well-known authors (especially those composed by Josep Anselm Clavé) or songs of a local and satirical nature, renewed each year.