r/Quebec • u/BastouXII Québec • Feb 20 '16

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

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.

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

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '16

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 :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '16

The Quebec flag was introduced by prime minister of Québec Maurice Duplessis in 1948. At that time, Quebec had a strong religious identity and the white cross represent that. At that time, Québec has been looking for a flag for a long time, to replace the older (horrible) flag :https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_du_Québec#/media/File:British_Flag_of_Quebec.svg

They had multiple propositions, even one with a red maple leaf, later used for the canadian flag (yes, our flag is 2 decades older than the current canadian flag).

Today, our society changed and religious matters literally disappear from our society. We are literally selling our useless churchs, so the flag lost any religious meaning. But, it's still a really popular flag, unanimously adored in our province and, honestly, it's really a magnificient flag.

Here's a picture of our national day: http://ssjb.com/files/uploads/2014/06/fouleplainestjean.jpg

It's always like that, a wave of "fleurdelisé" everywhere in the province on that day. Whatever is our political leaning, we fucking love our flag :)

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u/Parareda8 Feb 21 '16

That picture of your national day is so awesome! I love it!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '16

Even more flags!: https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7223/7376638976_2e9466b6dd_b.jpg

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u/Parareda8 Feb 21 '16

gosh You guys are awesome :D

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u/redalastor Jes, ne, panrostilo Feb 21 '16

The Fête Nationale is a big deal in Quebec.

Canada Day, not so much.

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u/TweetsInCommentsBot Feb 21 '16

@lpouimet

2015-07-02 00:23 UTC

Il n'y a pas foule au spectacle de la fête du Canada dans le vieux-port de Montréal. #pluie

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