Starting off

At this point the music has not started. The early layers first have to 'feel right' before the director gives the go ahead. If anyone feels like they are not firm or not stable they say ´no' and it all dismantles and they start again.

Catalanian Castells: People power, building from the ground up

June 5th 2011
The Bull Fight! Picture the image. Its all about one man with sharp instruments taking on a disoriented animal, resulting in the satisfaction of the bloodthirsty crowd. In Spain, I have only seen the pretty disturbing spectacle on the TV and don´t really want to see it live. The bull seemed to die a pretty gruesome and slow death. In Catalonia, bull fighting is pretty well now banned. Cast ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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