page_title: Catalans
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Catalans / Culture and society / Music
caption_attribution_description: Església de Sant Cristòfol, a Beget (Alta Garrotxa, Catalunya) This is a photo of a monument indexed in the Catalan heritage register of Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0000572.
context_page_description: The Catalans are a Romance ethnic group native to Catalonia of Mediterranean and Pyrenean descent, having its roots in the Pyrenees mountains. The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia, an autonomous community in Spain and the inhabitants of the Roussillon historical region in southern France, today the Pyrénées Orientales department, also called Northern Catalonia and Pays Catalan in French.
  Some authors also extend the word "Catalans" to include all the people from areas where the Catalan language is spoken, namely those from Andorra, Valencia, the Balearic islands, eastern Aragon, Roussillon, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia.
  The Catalan government regularly surveys its population regarding its "sentiment of belonging". As of July 2019, the results point out that 46.7% of the Catalans and other people living in Catalonia would like independence from Spain, 1.3% less than the year before.
context_section_description: Catalan music has one of the oldest documented musical traditions in Europe.
caption: Catalans, traditionally devoted Catholics, during its recent history had become less religious. Even so, the presence of religion is maintained through the traditions, values and monuments, like the Church of Sant Cristòfol de Beget.
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