Mud figures of Barcelona's soccer players Samuel Eto'o and Carles Puyol, known as "caganer" ordefecatorin Catalan, are sold at the Santa Llucia Market, a Christmas market, in central Barcelona December 14, 2005. Catalans create ChristmasNativityscenes using models and hide the figures, known as "caganer" or defecator in Catalan, in them before inviting friends to find the figures. Catalans believe the "caganer", by creatingfaeces, fertiliser the earth, bringing prosperity and luck for the coming year. (Reuters)
Mud figures of Barcelona's soccer player Samuel Eto'o, known as "caganer" or defecator in Catalan, are sold at the Santa Llucia Market, a Christmas market, in central Barcelona December 14, 2005. (Reuters)
Vocabulary:
caganer: a little statue unique to Catalonia, Spain, means defecator （西班牙加泰罗尼亚地区特有的一种小泥人，被称为“排便者”。人们认为它给大地施肥，把它看成来年丰收繁荣的象征。）
Nativity: （基督诞生）
faeces: also feces （粪便，排泄物）
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Updated: 2005-12-15 08:59
