LOS "CAGANERS" (LOS CAGONES)
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But a quick peek in the window of any bakery in the Ramblas reveals what can only be described as carefully confected turds with sugar flies dozing on top.
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These disgustingly realistic cakes are known as tifas given to children on January 6 or Kings Feast Day, are just a small indication of Catalonia's strange preoccupation. "The Catalán preoccupation with shit would make Sigmund Freud proud," says Robert Hughes in his book on Barcelona.
UNA TRADICIÓN DE NAVIDAD EN CATALUÑA