Human towers get Tarragona's Santa Tecla Festival underway
Catalonia's unique custom of building 'castells' made of tiers of people the main feature on first Sunday of southern city's annual festivities
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Varying degrees of success at Vilafranca del Penedès' human towers festival
Saint Felix celebrations sees Catalonia's top four tower-building ‘colles’ attempt daring ‘castells’
All set for quintessential human towers festival
Vilafranca del Penedès hosts one of the season’s top events with four of the best groups
Reaching for the sky: Catalonia's human towers
The long-standing cultural tradition recognized by UNESCO is a spectacular sight in town squares all over the country
Everything you ever wanted to know about human towers
Third volume of 'castellers' encyclopedia presented in Barcelona, with remaining instalments set to be completed by 2020
Human towers reach new heights with seven-story all-women construction
Records and barriers (but no people) tumbled in the exceptional effort this weekend to mark International Women's Day
Catalonia's human towers competition: what you need to know
The very best examples of the Catalan tradition of building 'castells' is on show this weekend in Tarragona
Human towers competition sells out for first time ever
Catalonia’s main ‘castells’ contest to be held in Tarragona this weekend
La Mercè 2018: what to do
From fire running 'correfocs' to afrobeat, this year's Barcelona-wide festival has something for everyone
Human tower group caught in crossfire of yellow ribbon conflict
Castellers pull out of ad to help children with cancer after production company objects to their yellow shirts
Sunday tickets for main 'castells' competition sell out
The Tarragona event in October features traditional Catalan human towers
Human towers on the National Mall in Washington
Catalan 'castellers' build seven level towers during the Smithsonian Folk Festival
Human towers defy gravity in Valls
Groups build nine-level high 'castells' during traditional festival in southern Catalonia
Unbounded
Four teams competed against each other to build the highest and biggest human towers in one of the most important castells festivals: Sant Fèlix
Wide international coverage of 26th edition of the Castells Competition
Impressive aerial shots showing the riot of colour on display at the 26th edition of the Castells Competition in Tarragona, southern Catalonia, have travelled around the world. Media outlets such as the BBC, Russia Today and The Los Angeles Times published videos, pictures and articles on the contest. Catalonia’s ‘human tower’ competition, ‘Concurs de Castells’, took place at Tarraco Arena Place, an old bullring, attracting 20,000 spectators and 32 teams. The biennial event saw one group, ‘Els castellers de Vilafranca’, secure its eighth title on the trot. However, one of the most applauded performances was that of the Chinese team ‘Els Xiquets de Hangzhou’, the first ever international team to compete at the contest. Around 380 professionals from 120 different media outlets covered the event on Saturday and Sunday.