The Rosalía caganer has been selling out at Christmas markets and online. Rather than an insult, being depicted as a"crapper" is an honor, a sign, in Catalan terms, that the singer has indeed arrived.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford meets a maker of caganers Outside Barcelona Town Hall, the Christmas crib takes pride of place on the cobblestones. Mary, Joseph and the shepherds are all gathered around the ...

Nothing says it’s the holidays like fertilizer– if you’re Catalan, that is. The caganer is part of a holiday tradition dating to the 17th Century in Catalonia, part of northeastern Spain. The sort-of ...

Note: To advance to the next slide, simply click on the picture (or use your cursor keys in Firefox) Credit: AFP/GETTY The 'caganer' (literally 'defecator') is a feature of Catalan nativity scenes.

Wander around the Christmas markets in Catalonia and you’ll end up stumbling across a "Caganer", a bare-bottomed pooping figurine wearing a traditional Catalan barrentina red cap. The Caganer (Catalan ...

BARCELONA, Spain — It's Barack Obama as you've never seen him before: crouched with his pants around his ankles, bottom unashamedly bared to the world, depicted in the act of defecation. It's not just ...