Sign up
Sign in
I’ve read that La Castanyada originates from an ancient funeral ritual feast to honor the dead. Back then, bell ringers would toll the church bells through the entire Night of All Saints, a manual task that required a lot of energy and, therefore, a generous handful of chestnuts.
Alvaro Lopez
Freda Savahl
Follow
--
1
Share
I did not know that! Thank you for sharing, Alvaro.
Retired Nurse Practitioner WHC /Contract Provider Deployment Military Services. US Citizen. Immigrant from South Africa 1978.
Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams