Nintenband

In the US, is worth going to watch live sport -it doesn't matter if it is football, basketball or baseball- just to see the half-time shows, they are amazing. When I lived in Texas I went to see a NBA, a NFL and a MLB games, and the half time shows were very entertaining, but nothing like the video I want to share today. This is something else. Is the UC band playing a tribute to the most important games of Nintendo's history.

So everything makes more sense, keep in mind that the camera recording it is on the other side of field, the band looks at the opposite side, so you have to imagine it as being upside-down. This means the top of the figures is at the bottom of the screen.

And now the explanation of the figures for all the people not as nerd as me. It starts with the recreation of Pong, the first video game, then moves to Tetris, to Mortal Kombat, to Pokemon, to the Legend of Zelda (the arrow by the triforce is the sword), to Mario Bros. 3 1st stage, to Super Mario Bros. Boos stage, to Mario Bros. 3 end of stage. Amazing.

Easter in Spain

The week before Easter in celebrated in many parts of the world as the Holy Week. In Catalonia, I have to admit, the celebrations are not as picturesque as in other parts of the Iberian Peninsula. They tend to be very solemn and quiet, and quite spartan as well. Catalonia is not famous for its Holy Week Processions, but it has other attractions like the Passion of Olesa, Esparraguera or Cervera, which are huge theatrical representations of the deadth of Jesus in the cross with hundreds of actors involved or the armats, manaies and estaferms which consist in parades of people dressed as Romans.

In southern Spain instead the Processions are very pompous and dramatic, and they are the most important event of the Holy Week. On the other hand, in northern Spain the Processions still are a fundamental part of the Holy Week but are more formal. But all rule has its exception. In the northern Spanish town of Avilés there is a Procession known for its eccentricity. They do what they do to because they carry St. John, the youngest disciple of Jesus, and they represent his energy by doing this (the music is just to have fun):

Catalan Grandma

One of the most viewed Catalan videos on the web is of a grandmother laughing out loud when she sees herself deformed on the webcam. It is quite hard to watch it without laughing, her laugh is so contagious! She has become a celebrity with appearances on the national Catalan TV, on the radio and in national newspapers. So simple and so fun.