'Festa Major de Gracia' is one of Barcelona's most cherished festivals and features street decorations made of a variety of everyday materials.

People walk along a decorated street at Gracia neighborhood, in Barcelona, Spain on August 15, 2012, during the "Festa Major de Gracia" festival. The Festa Major de Gracia is a week-long festival that displays the best of Catalan traditions together with a mass in the streets of Barcelona. One of the most popular events of the festival is the "Best decorated street", in which residents from 23 neighboring streets compete using anything and everything to make theme-decorations in their streets. AFP PHOTO / JOSEP LAGO