Human Towers

1. Busby SEO Test Gary Viray
   December 19th, 2008 at 5:14 am

   Wow that is interesting. I wonder how the tallest human tower is like to win such a contest.

2. llll
   December 19th, 2008 at 6:12 am

   The name of these human towers in Catalan are "Castellers", a great tradition from Catalonia, a nation with more than 1000 years of history, under Spain by a militar occupation 300 years ago.
   Catalonia is not Spain. Freedom for Catalonia.
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   El nom d'aquestes torres humanes en català és "Castellers", una gran tradició de Catalunya, una nació amb més de 1000 anys d'història, sota España per una ocupació militar de fa 300 anys.
   Catalunya no és España. Llibertat per Catalunya. Visca Catalunya lliure!
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3. Larfin Jackarse
   December 19th, 2008 at 7:24 am

   Strong bones for the underlings!

4. Craig
   December 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am

   I wonder if that's where Clive Barker got the idea for the story "In the Hills, the Cities". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Blood#In_the_Hills.2C_the_Cities

5. Gauldar
   December 19th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

   This is Catalonia we are talking about. Just to be certain, the guy on top doesn't pull down his pants and let a bar roll down the man-tower does he?

6. Scooter
   December 19th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

   There are a certain number of people that die every year from doing this if i remember right.

7. Jose Miguel
   December 19th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

   In answer to llll:

   Catalonia is one of the historical communities that conform Spain, as is Valencia, Galicia, Andalucía or Aragon. It has never been an independent "country" by any means... and much less became part of Spain by a military occupation 300 years ago.

   Talking about the article, it's a great tradition but dangerous, especially for the people that climb to the top (7 to 12 year-old men).

8. just a guy
   December 19th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

   that's a whole lot of butts.

9. despertaFeRRo
   December 19th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

   Scooter: no, no one has ever died doing "castells".

   The only accidents happen when all the structure fall, and the kids on the top fell, but they get hurt very, very rarely as they have to wear helmets.

10. Rocky Rook
    December 20th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Dog pile!!

11. liphttam1
    December 20th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Still no one can beat ants at this.

12. sw
    December 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am

    now, this is the same community with the pooping xmas log? i have learned more about catalan from neatorama . . .

13. Mar
    December 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Actually, one little girl (it's not only boys that climb to the top, and some are as young as five years old), belonging to the Capgrossos of Mataró, died a couple of years ago, but it's been about the only recorded casualty in over 300 years of castells.

14. isma
    January 1st, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    The tallest tower ever done was 10 people tall. It was done by "Minyons de Terrassa", the group from the city where I live.

    "Castellers" is much a tradition than a contest. They score points for each castle done during the year, but it's not the tipical competition. Some groups are trying to make a league, but not all groups are agree with that. They prefer to maintain that as a tradition and spectacle in popular celebrations.

    Answering to Jose Miguel, Catalonia has never been an independent country due to militar occupations. Spain killed catalan people, a president and tried to erase catalan culture from the world...

    To others... it's a great experience to watch how they construct these castles. If you ever have the opportunity to assist, you can't lose it!

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