The most lush and aromatic mushrooms await you, under the black pines from Peguera to Coll de Pal. Rovellons (Catalan denomination for bloody milk caps) and Red pine mushrooms, under the infinite pine carpet that covers everything from the gentle Capolat plateau to the rugged slopes of Catllaràs. Chanterelles, in their bright dress, under the shade of the northward-facing oaks. Or rich and moist llenegues negres (black mushrooms), further south, where nature draws us to a Berguedà of Mediterranean essences.
CATALÀ ESPAÑOL The Patum ( Wold Heritage ) is a sacred historic-popular representation of the reinterpreted, atavistic, pagan celebrations derived from ancient medieval theater performances, and held annually in the city of Berga during the week of Corpus Christi. To be exact, its origin lies in the former in-between acts of dance groups who marched in the holy procession of Corpus Christi and were meant to educate, moralize and teach the people a deeper understanding of the Scriptures.
Last Monday, 17th February 2014, we visited the Alícia Foundation after having been invited by the Berguedà Development Agency with the aim of familiarizing restauranteurs and producers of the Black Pea, such as ourselves, with the results of the study of this native product of Berguedá conducted by the Alícia Foundation.
Rice festival of Bagà or meal for the poor.
For over seven hundred years, Bagà has prepared the so-called meal for the poor (witch would originally be cooked on Carnival Sunday).
On the arcaded aquare of Bagà, 250 kilos of rice, vegetables,seafood and meat, are coocked in a skillet of 3 meters in diameter, which makes a wonderful rice dish for 2000 people.
The Cerdà Dance also takes place on the square during the day, a tradition that has always accompanied the rice festival. In recent years it is also usual to find a display of Berguedà handicrafts and atisanal products.