Joan Amades

Joan Amades i Gelats was a Catalan ethnologist and folklorist. An autodidact, he worked at the historical archive of the city of Barcelona and at the Museum of Industry and Popular Arts of the same city. From 1956 onwards, he collaborated with UNESCO. He was also an important promoter of Esperanto and founded the Federació Esperantista Catalana. Perhaps the most important book in his large bibliography is Costumari Català, the main work for the study of Catalan popular culture.

In popular culture

In 2012, 2princesesbarbudes released the album Cançons i rimetes, a minimalist and pop reinterpretation of songs collected by Amades in the book Folklore de Catalunya.

Most important works

Les diades populars catalanes Les cent millor cançons populars Refranyer català comentat Les cent millors rondalles populars Costumari Català

''Guia de les festes tradicionals de Catalunya. Itinerari per tot l´any''