Pocallum — Community-Culture

Jornades Xarxa 9 Barris Acull

Sun, 06 Jan 2030 00:00:00 +0000

For almost two decades, 9 Barris Acull was the district’s welcome centre: legal advice on immigration, language workshops, a neighbourhood solidarity network — and every year, a series of talks that put on the table the questions the rest of the city preferred not to face.

Each edition had its theme. In 2017, different perspectives on Islam and racism. In 2018, discriminatory discourse and its alternatives. In 2019, the new demographic landscape and the challenges of coexistence. In 2022, young people, racism and exclusion. These were not consensus events — they were sessions of intellectual confrontation, with people who lived these issues first-hand.

Festival de Sopes del Món

Tue, 01 Jan 2030 00:00:00 +0000

Every autumn, Nou Barris fills with pots. The Festival de Sopes del Món — Festival of World Soups — proves that a simple bowl of soup can bring people together in ways no politics can manage. Organised by 9 Barris Acull and the Xarxa d’Intercanvi de Coneixements, it has now reached its nineteenth edition.

The festival brings together communities from across the neighbourhood — and the world — around a bowl of soup. Each participant brings their recipe, their story and their table. The result is a gathering that is as much political as gastronomic, in the best sense of both words.

Chinese New Year in Barcelona

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Barcelona’s Chinese community celebrates the lunar new year with dragons, fire, music and food. It is not a spectacle designed for tourists — it is a tradition brought to the street because the street belongs to everyone. A welcoming and extraordinary celebration that keeps growing year after year. Since 2017, we have been there whenever we can.

The celebrations don’t always happen in the same place or on the same date. Sometimes it’s at Parc de l’Estació del Nord. Other times in the city centre, around the Arc de Triomf. The display put on by residents of Chinese origin is extraordinary — both in central Barcelona and in the neighbourhoods where they have built roots. In 2026, across two days, we documented two editions: the central Barcelona celebration and the Nou Barris one, where the community organises its own event along Via Júlia down to Plaça Ángel Pestaña.

Sopar d'Entitats del Casal de Barri Prosperitat

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Every autumn, the organisations and collectives of the neighbourhood gather at Casal de Barri Prosperitat to take stock, welcome new members and reconnect with those no longer as active. The Sopar d’Entitats (Organisations’ Dinner) is an annual tradition mixing debate, food, music and comedy — almost a festival, even if it doesn’t go by that name.

We play at home here. La Prosperitat is our neighbourhood, the Casal is our space, and the organisations that come — we know them. There is a warmth and a horizontality to this dinner that no conventional festival can replicate: nobody is the audience, everyone is a participant.

End of Ramadan Celebrations in Nou Barris

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Every year, when the month of fasting ends, the Islamic community of Nou Barris takes to the streets. The Eid al-Fitr celebration is not an event for tourists or the press — it’s a neighbourhood party, intimate and massive at once, filling squares and streets with families, food, music and prayer.

The residents of Nou Barris come from many different origins. One of the communities that makes up the district is the Islamic community, and in 2023 we had the privilege of documenting their Ramadan and its celebrations — from the Iftar breaking of the fast to the great Eid al-Fitr festivity.

El Arbusto — Scale Model Competition

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

El Arbusto is the scale model competition held at Casal de Barri Prosperitat. Every autumn the neighbourhood fills with handmade pieces, meticulous detail and people who have spent months working on something no one else will see until this day. An intense weekend with a very special atmosphere.

Casal de Barri Prosperitat is a place where we have spent many hours, and El Arbusto is one of its fixed dates. From 2011 — when it was already in its seventh edition — through to 2016, we went along with the camera documenting participants, pieces and atmosphere.

Pigme@s Revoltos@s Festival

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Pigme@s Revoltos@s festival was born as a tool. Not entertainment, but fundraising for a neighbourhood platform fighting against waste incineration in Montcada i Reixac. Music in the service of a cause that affects the land and the health of the people who live there.

It was organised by the Pigme@s collective, in collaboration with the Ateneu Popular 9 Barris and the Casal de Barri Prosperitat. The format included an exhibition, a talk with environmental and health experts, and a concert featuring acts from Barcelona’s alternative music scene.