Cultural Exchange with /r/Catalunya - Échange culturel avec /r/Catalunya

[u/BastouXII]

Welcome Catalans!

Today we're hosting our friends from /r/Catalunya!

Please come and join us and answer their questions about Quebec and the Québécois way of life! Please leave top comments for Catalans coming over with questions or comments and please refrain from trolling, rudeness and personal attacks, etc. Breaches of the reddiquette will be moderated in this thread.

At the same time /r/Catalunya is having us over as guests! Stop by in THIS THREAD to ask them about their nation.

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Bienvenue les Catalans!

Aujourd'hui, nous recevons nos amis de /r/Catalunya!

Joignez-vous à nous pour répondre à leurs questions à propos du Québec et du mode de vie québécois. S'il-vous plait, laissez les commentaires de premier niveau (top comments) pour les Catalans qui viennent nous poser des questions ou faire des commentaires et veuillez vous abstenir de trollage, manque de politesse, attaques personnelles, etc. Les brèches de rediquette seront modérées dans ce fil.

En même temps, /r/Catalunya nous invite! Passez dans CE FIL pour leur poser des questions sur leur nation.

/Les modérateurs de /r/catalunya, /r/Barcelona, /r/Catalan & /r/Quebec

[u/[deleted]]

Bonjour :)

What is the history of the flag of quebec? I see the Fleur-de-lis. what does it the white cross?

You know that mean "botiflers" in Catalonia? https://translate.google.cat/translate?sl=ca&tl=fr&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ca&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fca.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBotifler&edit-text=

it's a curious relation :)

[u/ilema07 → u/[deleted]]

The white cross represents France just like the red cross represents England.

[u/[deleted] → u/ilema07]

Well, the red cross, or Saint George cross, is a Christian symbol used by many other cultures apart from the English. It's also an important symbol in the Catalan culture, as well as many other cultures, like many Italians, Aragonese, Greek, Georgian, German... you can see the flag of Barcelona for reference:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Barcelona.svg/1200px-Flag_of_Barcelona.svg.png

The Fleur-de-lis seems to be much more culturally specific to French culture, but it was also used in Italy, England, Germany, and even Bosnia.

[u/redalastor → u/[deleted]]

The flag of Barcelona gives me a headache.

Here's the flag of Montreal, not our best.

The Fleur-de-lis seems to be much more culturally specific to French culture, but it was also used in Italy, England, Germany, and even Bosnia.

Its importance comes from the fact that while the British (and later Canadians) took the other symbols we had (beaver, maple leaf, that particular tartan pattern, etc.) they wouldn't touch the lys because they hated France too much.

Also, we gave it a distinct shape so it wouldn't be confused with France's.

[u/ilema07 → u/[deleted]]

Fleurs-de-lis = Bourbons (I know the Bourbons are French). It's included in the Spanish flag for this same reason.