Òmnium Cultural
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Omnium Cultural was founded in 1961 and works to maintain and promote the Catalan language and culture. In 1963 it was closed by Franco and the organisation worked clandestinely to save the language and culture.
Now Òmnium has adapted to today’s society. It carries out activities which reaffirm the cultural and national reality of Catalonia. It offers different courses for everybody: history, language, etc., taking into account the high level of immigration to Catalonia.
[edit] Projects
- Language: Òmnium works on the project "Parelles lingüístiques" (Linguistic parallels) with the programme Voluntaris per la Llengua (volunteers for the language).
- Culture: promoting Catalan culture: music, theatre, literature, dance, etc.
- Country: promoting the projection of the national identity of Catalonia as a nation.
[edit] Education
Òmnium works to promote Catalan language in schools. It has 21 partners and 7 local groups who work with a specific area of Catalan Culture.
