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Curiously, the origin of the popular castanyada (chestnut festival) can be found in ancient Celtic burial rituals. It is celebrated in the run-up to All Saints' Day and is associated with the castanyera, a jolly old lady who would sell her freshly roasted chestnuts to passers-by in the street, served piping hot in paper cones. Dressed in warm clothing with a long skirt and a headscarf wrapped tightly around her head, she used a cup-shaped stove to roast the chestnuts. That's why in Girona the site occupied by the chestnut sellers during the Sant NarcÃs Fair and Festival is now called La Copa.
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