It's the holiday season. That's why you're hearing these sound effects.

And in Catalonia, one part of the Christmas tradition is the Kaganay in the nativity scene.

The Kaganay we had never heard of before really just a couple

moments ago. Online to tell us about it is Mark Ignacy Corral. He's a member of a society

called the friends of the Kaganay.

Well, the Kaganay is a small figure we put into activities in Christmas and it's a popper,

where it's a guy popping, and it's a quite traditional figure we use here in Catalonia in our

activities.

It's quite ancient type of figure.

We used to put it somewhere quite hidden behind the cave behind the tree whatever but well in

recent years it has become a very very popular figure and making any sort of characters like politicians,

sport men or a low kitty for instance or that they there or the Queen of

England or even Obama.

So I would have say that a little figure of the Queen of England pooping.

Yes.

Oh, hello Kitty, Pooping, yes.

Well, so how does this, how did this tradition begin?

You think of it, an irregular nativity scene.

You've got, I guess, Joseph and Mary, the baby Jesus.

Yes.

You got the three wise men. Yes. So at what point did then the Kaganay come into the

nativity scene? Or what prompted it? There was centuries ago, around the 16th century or maybe even older.

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