human tower (castell)
Also known as castell, castells, casteller, castellers, human tower
A castell (; literally "castle") is a human pyramid built traditionally at festivals in southern Catalonia (Spain), now also found in the rest of Catalonia, and in the Balearic Islands.
Key facts
- Performing art.name
- Castell
- Performing art.image
- Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls - Primer 2de9 amb folre i manilles descarregat de la història - Diada de Santa Úrsula 1994.jpg
- Performing art.caption
- Castell (2 de 9 amb folre i manilles) in Valls
- Performing art.medium
- Human towers
- Performing art.culture
- Catalan
- Performing art.era
- 18th century–present
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Human towers
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Spain
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 00364
- Intangible heritage.Region
- ENA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2010
- Intangible heritage.Session
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Origin
- The Castell
- Attire
- Structure
- Safety
- Terminology
- ''Castell'' nomenclature
- Examples
- ''Castellers'' and parts of a castell
- The Human Tower Museum of Catalonia in Valls
- ''Colles castelleres''
- In Catalonia and Catalan-speaking regions
- Colles castelleres universitàries (teams of college castellers)
- ''Colles exteriors'' (outside the Catalan-speaking region)
- See also
- References
- External links
A castell (; literally "castle") is a human pyramid built traditionally at festivals in southern Catalonia (Spain), now also found in the rest of Catalonia, and in the Balearic Islands.
At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams that build towers) attempt to build and then dismantle a tower's structure. On 16 November 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.