ELS CASTELLERS

Identitat i Territori
COED and GITIC
Laura Acero i Laia Caminal

DEFINITION

INDEX

HISTORY
PARTS OF A HUMAN TOWER
HUMAN TOWER NOMENCLATURE
ATTIRE
WHY DID WE CHOOSE ELS CASTELLERS?

DEFINITION
Human tower are built traditionally in many
locations in Catalonia
Fer llenya

HISTORY
When:18th Century
Where: Valls, Catalonia
They were known as Ball dels Valencians
50 years ago, this tradition was spread to the rest of
Catalonia
November,16,2010 were declared by UNESCO to be
amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible
Heritage of Humanity

MORE HISTORY
Human Towers around the world

PARTS OF A HUMAN TOWER

La Pinya: ground-level base

El Tronc: from the els segons to the

ground of els dosos.

-Els
-Els
-Els
-Els

segons
teros
quarts
quints

El Pom de Dalt: the top three levels

of the human tower.
-Els dosos
-Lacotxador
-Lenxaneta

HUMAN TOWER NOMENCLATURE

Common number of people in each level of the tower

Pilar

Torre

Tres

Quatre

Cinc

Number of levels most commonly built

Sis

Set

Vuit

Nou

ATTIRE
White trousers
Black sash
Bandana
Colored t-shirt with the
teams emblem
Barefoot

WHY DID WE CHOOSE CASTELLERS?

Laia was enxaneta
Lauras family participation
Its only a Catalan tradition
Plaa St. Jaume
Amazing and very interesting
teamwork
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VIDEOS
Enxanetas point of view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd2fSSt4MDg
Mundials de Natacin 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkBq9zFGSsQ

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