"ELS CASTELLS" (HUMAN TOWERS) OF THE "ELS XIQUETS DE VALLS". Series 4/4 (you may wish to enlarge it to better see the details)
THE " COLLA VELLA DELS XIQUETS DE VALLS”, MOUNTS AND DISMOUNTS "THE BEAUTY", AN IMPRESSIVE HUMAN TOWER WELL KNOWN AS "4 OF 9 "
THIS IMPRESSIVE HUMAN STRUCTURE IS JUST COMPLETED.
Now time's up to dissassemble it, trying to avoid falling down...
It is said that, in Valls (Catalonia, Spain), it is necessary to raise the head three times:
One, to observe the highest belfry of Catalonia.
Two, to eat "calçots", the great gastronomic and tourist claim from the l 'Alt Camp (Catalonia, Spain), and
Three, especially, to see the “castells” (human towers) of the "Xiquets de Valls" (boys of Valls) which are constructed for more than two centuries (1801).
The practice of the castles (human towers) every time spreads more over the whole area of the catalan speech (Balearics, Catalonia North, Earths of the Ebro, and pre-Pirinees) and recently also beyond the borders (China, Australia, England, the USA, Chile, Sweden, etc …)
Valls's city is considered to be a cradle of the castles and it’s city hall square, also known as "Plaça del Blat", where nowadays the “Xiquets de Valls” operates with 2 groups, the " Colla Joves (Young’s Group) and the Colla Vella (the Old Group) of the “ Xiquets de Valls”, is called the kilometer zero of the world of the human towers.
The so called “castells” (castles) were declared "Cultural Immaterial Heritage of the Humanity " by the UNESCO, 16 Nov 2010.
The " Colla Vella dels Xiquets " of Valls, born 1801, is the oldest of the "colles" making castles within world casteller and during all the 19th century they put the roots to the tradition of the “castells” that can be found out nowadays in the whole country.
The color of their shirt is pink. Among their more important fully completed towers can be found out the so called : 4x10fm, 3x 10fm and 4x9 “clean” (without lining), all of them builded & unbuilded during the same exhibition, in Valls, on October 23, 2016.
The one I’m presenting to you, is the so called 4 x 9, without help on the base, (square base of 4 persons and height of 9 persons) being to my perception the most “BEAUTIFUL” tower ever made, even it may appear not to be the most impressive.
But look it in detail and may change your mind.
It is a pure beauty, “THE BEAUTY”. Please look well at it and try to imagine the inherent difficulty to do this: to load and to unload such an human construction like this without it falls.
Be aware that the little boy or girl on top, is raising up the right hand to make it clear that the contruction is just concluded...
Ref: revista.fosbury.cat/temporada-regular/2464-valls-i-els-ca...
"ELS CASTELLS" (HUMAN TOWERS) OF THE "ELS XIQUETS DE VALLS". Series 4/4 (you may wish to enlarge it to better see the details)
THE " COLLA VELLA DELS XIQUETS DE VALLS”, MOUNTS AND DISMOUNTS "THE BEAUTY", AN IMPRESSIVE HUMAN TOWER WELL KNOWN AS "4 OF 9 "
THIS IMPRESSIVE HUMAN STRUCTURE IS JUST COMPLETED.
Now time's up to dissassemble it, trying to avoid falling down...
It is said that, in Valls (Catalonia, Spain), it is necessary to raise the head three times:
One, to observe the highest belfry of Catalonia.
Two, to eat "calçots", the great gastronomic and tourist claim from the l 'Alt Camp (Catalonia, Spain), and
Three, especially, to see the “castells” (human towers) of the "Xiquets de Valls" (boys of Valls) which are constructed for more than two centuries (1801).
The practice of the castles (human towers) every time spreads more over the whole area of the catalan speech (Balearics, Catalonia North, Earths of the Ebro, and pre-Pirinees) and recently also beyond the borders (China, Australia, England, the USA, Chile, Sweden, etc …)
Valls's city is considered to be a cradle of the castles and it’s city hall square, also known as "Plaça del Blat", where nowadays the “Xiquets de Valls” operates with 2 groups, the " Colla Joves (Young’s Group) and the Colla Vella (the Old Group) of the “ Xiquets de Valls”, is called the kilometer zero of the world of the human towers.
The so called “castells” (castles) were declared "Cultural Immaterial Heritage of the Humanity " by the UNESCO, 16 Nov 2010.
The " Colla Vella dels Xiquets " of Valls, born 1801, is the oldest of the "colles" making castles within world casteller and during all the 19th century they put the roots to the tradition of the “castells” that can be found out nowadays in the whole country.
The color of their shirt is pink. Among their more important fully completed towers can be found out the so called : 4x10fm, 3x 10fm and 4x9 “clean” (without lining), all of them builded & unbuilded during the same exhibition, in Valls, on October 23, 2016.
The one I’m presenting to you, is the so called 4 x 9, without help on the base, (square base of 4 persons and height of 9 persons) being to my perception the most “BEAUTIFUL” tower ever made, even it may appear not to be the most impressive.
But look it in detail and may change your mind.
It is a pure beauty, “THE BEAUTY”. Please look well at it and try to imagine the inherent difficulty to do this: to load and to unload such an human construction like this without it falls.
Be aware that the little boy or girl on top, is raising up the right hand to make it clear that the contruction is just concluded...
Ref: revista.fosbury.cat/temporada-regular/2464-valls-i-els-ca...