Hello folks,I would like to explain briefly this Catalan tradition to you because it fulfills a lot of positive and profitable values such as solidarity, discipline, effort, run risks to achieve the objetives of the group, etc. It has much more than it seems. For instance, the force has to be divided to make possible this difficult human constructions. The "colla" (group of "castellers") is made up of people of all ages, from little kids to grandfathers. There are many kinds of "castells". Normally, the three main parts of a castell are: 1) Pinya: it is the base of the castle and it has the goal of giving stability for the rest of the castle. It is necessary to have a big group of people to have a solid "pinya". 2) Tronc: it is the central column of people, in stages of two, three, or four people. 3) Canalla: it means "children" in Catalan. On the top of the castle is where children can "carregar" this human castles, it only happens when the "anxeneta" (the little child in the upper part) raise his/her hand. Then, if the castle resist and the "tronc" does not fall down, the castle is being taken down and it counts as "descarregat", and it means more points for the "colla" in an unofficial contest between all Catalan groups of "Castellers". I am explaining this because I am really enjoying this experience. Amunt Castellers!
Interesting! I'm expecting you to create the first Vigo Castellet, maybe in your next visit.
ResponderEliminarChanging the task of the comment, it seems that only Manu and me are writing here. It's a pity, I don't think that writing a simple comment is so difficult, and you would give support to the people who are writing. If anyone colaborates, this is going to die, for sure.