Visca Catalunia!

The flag in the Arc de Triomf is that of Catalonia. If you notice, it has the lone star (yes, kind of like Texas) which here means that they want to fight for independence. If you see the flag without the star then it means more pride than anything else. As you can see also, people draped themselves in the flags and got really into the festivities. At one point, the band playing sang a song in spanish. After they finished the song, they apologized for speaking in spanish (of course this was all in catalan so Jofre had to translate for me) and justified it by saying that it was written by someone from Cuba especially for the region of Catalonia.