Hundreds Of People In Spain Built Human Towers For A Competition And It Looks Terrifyingly Amazing
A human tower building festival has returned to Catalonia, Spain, after a two year break due to the pandemic.
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A human tower building festival has returned to Catalonia, Spain, after a two year break due to the pandemic.
The competition was held in Vilafranca del Penedès on Sunday Aug. 30.
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Dating back to the 18th century, the tradition of building human towers, also called castells, involves teams competing to build the tallest and most complicated towers.
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The towers can go up to 10 stories – or about 15 meters – high and requires at least 300 to 400 people in a team, with both people climbing to the top and people on the bottom to sustain the tower’s weight.
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Usually children are also involved as they can reach the top.
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Teams are considered successful if they can construct and deconstruct a tower without anyone falling.
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In 2010, UNESCO declared castells to be one of the Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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