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Why Is There a Pooping Figurine in Some Nativity Scenes?

Why Is There a Pooping Figurine in Some Nativity Scenes?

BrainStuff

December 25, 20256m 9s

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In Catalonia, there's a two-hundred-year-old tradition of including a figurine of a man pooping in the shadows of Nativity scenes. Learn about el caganer in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-christmas/pooping-man-catalan-nativity-scene.htm

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