Behold the Human Towers of Catalonia

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In Tarragona, Spain, thousands of people gather to witness one of humanity's strangest and most spectacular contests: building the human towers of Catalonia. Adorned in colorful costume, hundreds of “castellers,” or tower builders, form elaborate human structures that soar into the sky. Containing up to 10 tiers and rising nearly 50 feet high, sometimes, the towers do fall …
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@ferdynandl4754 6 лет назад

They hold each other, and the peoples down there put their hand together to make sure no one gonna get hurt. Beautiful Tradition

@holasilver7900 6 лет назад

if these people become zombies were screwed

@brickshouse9897 6 лет назад

*we're

@christianrodriguez4271 2 года назад

You mean like from the movie WWZ? When they climb the gates of israel? 😅

@jorgeo1492 2 года назад

@@brickshouse9897 You forgot to correct his capitalization as well

@traviscarver4708 Год назад

@@christianrodriguez4271 You mean occupied Palestine…

@CM19986 Год назад

@@traviscarver4708 same p***, different trackie though

@lilamazon 6 лет назад

wow, what a beautiful tradition! this really shows the brotherhood, the friendship, the sportsmanship, and the perseverance of Catalan people. great job, guys!

@gitanjalitalukdar6712 6 лет назад

lilamazon then u must also checkout the hindu festival of dahi handi ...its a very much similar tradition in india...people make human towers...but they are much more in a festive spirit and are carefree of any injuries ...plz google it

@iamachinesepetwholies5476 5 лет назад

It's like I'm watching something philosophical ... Like these towering structures, it needs a foundation ... And that foundation serves as the adults, who are supporting and carrying the youth towards their highest dreams and goals, an excellent reminder that we continue to prepare the betterment of the generations to come

@Biskwyy 6 лет назад

This is a beautiful tradition . It requires immense trust and teamwork . I don't think there is much ways other than this to really bond with your teammates . Bravo .

@gitanjalitalukdar6712 6 лет назад

Anon Anon plz check the hindu tradition of DAHI HANDI tooo...its a very fun festival...where people make human towers like this for a very interesting purpose...google it😊😊

@NikiSaraswati 6 лет назад

The philosophy behind this human tower is collective responsibility, it resonates with the strongest foundation for UNITY and workmanship, the demonstration presented the commitment of the people involved in this cultural conservation.

@NikiSaraswati 6 лет назад

BRAVO! If you feel it, you understand it. It's impossible to explain the commitment to an outsider.

@sydnskeet9813 6 лет назад

1:36 I bet that person liked his spot.

@pianomews9509 6 лет назад

With that pressure tho

@naturepower6679 6 лет назад

He fell asleep for waiting too long for people to fall apart. LOL

@creeperdiamondore773 6 лет назад

Right

@yurix6072 4 года назад

Honestly curious if thats comfortable. 😂😂😂

@ronylopez2208 3 года назад

@@yurix6072 I have been there, and it is not confortable, you just concentrate the most you can bc the pressure is really big so u can not fail, if you do, castle will fall

@BlueAcidball 5 лет назад

They protec They attac But most importantly *They stac*

@benscharpenack560 3 года назад

It’s protecc and attacc

@willowcornell7485 3 года назад

i cant tell u how many times i could like this comment 🤣🤣❤

@blurryface_1589 3 года назад

This is a beautiful tradition they really have to trust each other!

@baenaclash5412 3 года назад

A curios fact abot that's competition is that when a colla or club is small or going to do a big structure that needs more members, yo can always see some people from other colles hemping them to be enough in the base.

@lesliebuffington4822 4 года назад

Saw this in person 2 years ago. Freaking AWSESOME!!!

@i2harry 4 года назад

Don't know why I tear up when the castle fell and the people underneath were just there to catch them.

@VISHNUPSOFFICIAL 6 лет назад

we indians have same tradition which celebrated in Mumbai, but government restricted height of the castle and banned children of younger age from taking part in it

@dosnovak 3 года назад

Wich makes us brothers... In unity. Peace!

@montsevila6908 2 года назад

That seems to me an interference in the most deeply rooted identity of a people

@mickybcn7453 Год назад

Yes 10 or 15 years ago one group from India come to my City Vilafranca invited for the Castellers of my city I remember very well and i have many pictures.

@kunalmhatre1207 5 лет назад

Nice love this tradition hey castlers love from MUMBAI INDIA

@boihakhalthang6810 Год назад

Wait, wait.....I have to know more about this!!

@lluisfargaslopez9603 Год назад

Hope you found all the great castles uploaded to RU-vid. Those are magnificent structures

@HITHEREWINSTON 6 лет назад

Can we make this an olympic sport already?

@Malikichan 6 лет назад

1:35 omg.Just why?😂

@carboncoffee4057 6 лет назад

He's holding on for dear life. 😉

@thereap5348 5 лет назад

there is even a dirty spot

@yurix6072 4 года назад

@@thereap5348 omg I just fuckimg nothing im dying

@Anthony-nx4vr 3 года назад

The job requires you to be thicc ig

@Malikichan 3 года назад

@@Anthony-nx4vr i feel bad for that person

@ranrann9153 4 года назад

It's even more fascinating to see it in real life!!

@MaryAnnSweetAngel 6 лет назад

This is like Dahi Handi but more advanced haha

@agiiable 6 лет назад

Seems fun tho

@bayu901 6 лет назад

Ur face tell

@yurix6072 4 года назад

1:35 *Oh yeah*

@IRM321 4 года назад

It is

@comedyclown9058 6 лет назад

I would fall if I did that

@doublebase1975 5 лет назад

this is great. it demonstrate unity

@mozaarsenal1113 6 лет назад

My 4 years old son and i watch this video together and when the children fall we both scream out loud together! Haha..it looks like fun but really scary too!

@dylangathings360 3 года назад

I absolutely love this, just imagine what amazing things can happen when billions of people come together in love and unselfishness

@Martin-bt7xn 3 года назад

Communism is what will make this happen

@dylangathings360 3 года назад

@@Martin-bt7xn it was never intended to be a political statement, just in a way. My selfish way of being unselfish

@frenzydf Год назад

What a beautiful phrase, if you feel it you'll understand. Lovely

@maryb5465 6 лет назад

Great core strength!

@blackdoge5754 6 лет назад

amazing! I'd like to see that in person :)

@rebeccagutierrez1960 9 месяцев назад

I'll be visiting this region of Spain soon. The land of my paternal ancestor.

@MyMessyMind 6 лет назад

I remember seeing statues representing this when I was over there didnt realize they actually did this with real people

@KC-kq3iv 6 лет назад

That's freakin awesome

@taki7771 6 лет назад

Viva Catalonia ✌

@keselekbakiak 6 лет назад

I laugh when i saw someone holding the butt firmly

@bignose5802 5 лет назад

You cant be an individual in this, everyone must act as one to reinforce the strength of the tower. That's why people on the bottom can manage to hold it up.

@crisrose9707 6 лет назад

those crash helmets must be interesting as they must work both ways to not only protect the child but the person who will be hit by it!

@user-up6nw6fz3x 2 года назад

They were developed specifically for this activity after a long research. As you noticed, they are designed to protect the own user and the others.

@bijou88able 6 лет назад

amazing

@comedyclown9058 6 лет назад

Wow how that insane

@DerekJimenez 6 лет назад

Can you guys do a vid on bo taoshi I’ve seen videos online and it looks interesting

@prikulk 2 года назад

This is called Dahi handi in India This tradition is going on for 1000s of years in India

@DocStrange0123 2 года назад

so what?

@taulguedi637 2 года назад

You have won by far, then. I would like to see indian castells. I am happy to know that you do castels too!

@elracodej.p9499 2 года назад

Not true tho, the castells and the Dahi handi were invented around the XVIII century so....

@Al3xTrucho20 6 лет назад

Visca Catalunya!

@dosnovak 3 года назад

Lliure!

@Daniel-fp7qn Год назад

Lliure d'independentistes! 🇪🇦

@minns5515 6 лет назад

Cool

@Julian0505z 6 лет назад

At the beginning I thought I was watching It’s OK To Be Smart because of the music lol

@MothlikesCHNO 4 года назад

(A castell is a structure formed of human people) Me:confused screaming.

@sidgovekar7795 2 года назад

Dahi handi started in Spain tooo 😉

@BiggieShmoke 6 лет назад

#FreeCatalonia

@AnilPatil-et6im Год назад

Govinda.... Hare krushna.....

@Player___ABC Год назад

beutiful

@tyranadoinfernorino8014 6 лет назад

Thats kinda painful

@jaumerovirabaurier2119 Год назад

I'm from catalonia and I make castellers and i'm really loving all the coments😍

@Tuna224th 6 лет назад

This tradition is older/just has old has the United States. Just think about that. Daum

@yurix6072 4 года назад

1:35 *OH YEAH*

@mohammedfazal8011 6 лет назад

It's in India too

@quangthangle9306 4 года назад

Corona loves this station!!

@anmedia7747 6 лет назад

I wouldn't wanna be that kid

@yeheyz 6 лет назад

The music at the beginning is so familiar. Can anybody help me figure this out? #askingwhatmatters

@rosegold973 6 лет назад

1:35 looks terribly uncomfortable!

@Amitdas-gk2it 6 лет назад

We indians are more carefree we make this towers on a festival called dahi haandi

@MrBtterman 6 лет назад

The smell of cheese feet would make me pass out

@naked_history Год назад

Hi, I work for South Korean broadcast company tvN, we would like to use your video on our history show. Could you please let me know if we could use an excerpt from it giving the credit to your channel? Thanks :)

@maithilym4717 6 лет назад

Dahi handi?? DAHI HANDI??? Nobody...? okay.

@gitanjalitalukdar6712 6 лет назад

Maithily m exactttttllllyyyy....its very much like DAHI HANDI ...the hindu tradition of making human towers

@abhinandgopal7768 6 лет назад

Such dahi much handi

@irwnvelasco6508 6 лет назад

😀

@MrSirAussie 6 лет назад

Wow!....awesome and amazing...I have seen similar human towers twice this size in INDIA.............I believe they have such events as part of cultural festivities in the state of Maharastra in INDIA.

@gbelcatala44 5 лет назад

They are not twice the size, that is completly bullshit, the catalan human towers hold all the world records for height only once passed by the indians

@pizzaipinya2442 10 месяцев назад

For what I've seen on youtube, the Indian towers are wider, but not as tall as Catalan ones (although lately they've been getting taller, the Catalan record is 10 levels and I've heard Indian record is 9!! Correct me if I'm wrong). Every culture has its own style! :)

@chettymaanya9398 6 лет назад

And everyone ignore's India's Gokulashtami tradition.

@pepitogrillo8263 6 лет назад

Here in Catalonia we all are so aware of that indian tradition.

@KaiserRum 6 лет назад

Resembles an in Indian festival :P

@regenen 6 лет назад

Catalonia is not islamitic :s

@gitanjalitalukdar6712 6 лет назад

Oooo helloooo...it resembles a HINDU festival...not muslim ...its janmasthami of lord shri krishna...u must check that out on google ...its a real fun fest

@aryanandhana4031 6 лет назад

Except without the shits on the streets

@mirkomatic9907 4 года назад

@@gitanjalitalukdar6712 Dahi handi, HINDU festival only in Maharashtra?

@progameredgar5706 6 лет назад

At 1:35 pause real quick xD

@MadridJay 6 лет назад

We have these human towers every year on Janmashtami in India. It is called Dahi handi celebrations. It is sometimes risky, so supreme court has limited the height of human tower.

@cbwavy 6 лет назад

I want to join a team!

@pizzaipinya2442 10 месяцев назад

Nowadays there are "colles" (teams) all over the wolrd (there's one in London for example)!!! Search for your nearest one and no doubt you'll be able to join! :)

@WML0418 6 лет назад

This reminds of the opening ceremony of the Soviet Union Olympic

@swordfishgameboy4644 11 месяцев назад

here from travis scott

@JeffreyDRein Месяц назад

Free Catalonia!

@jacksonnolasco 6 лет назад

This tradition is similar to palo cebo here in the philippines. You need to climb a greased bamboo to take the flag on top

@arrrowuwu 6 лет назад

1:34 thicc

@RichardPark._. 2 года назад

본문에 나와서 영어 선생님이 보라고 해서 봤습니다

@Quiscalus777 6 лет назад

Dang, Spain is all about living life on the dangerous side. Bull fighting, now this.

@laiaferran9727 3 года назад

just to let you know, bullfighting is illegal in catalonia and most people here don't support it at all

@nixxxon18 Год назад

lol actually it's not that dangerous, not more than most physical sports where you can also get injured.

@imkindahungry04364 6 лет назад

1:06 I volunteer! I volunteer my four year old as tribute!

@lluisfargaslopez9603 Год назад

Usually the top levels roles are fulfilled by the sons of the team leaders who also happen to design the castles as well as coming from generations of them

@ilsunnylo3562 6 лет назад

Why? Didnt someone died falling?

@bukpecs3339 3 года назад

I think that during its 200-year history three fatal accidents happened. None of them happened after they started using helmets for younger kids on the top

@ericmann770 3 года назад

what do you think that the child is thinking when he or she reaches the very top?

@user-up6nw6fz3x 2 года назад

"Success"

@ekhogroup4506 Год назад

😉

@Angell_Lee 5 лет назад

lol wtf XD

@IllestVillain 6 лет назад

Hell no

@SannyKuro 6 лет назад

India has the human pyramids too... For DAHI HANDI

@gitanjalitalukdar6712 6 лет назад

Sanaa Abed exactlyyyy

@mirkomatic9907 4 года назад

Human pyramids, in Maharashtra? India to have 29 states, EU only 28 states-:)!

@citytermsyama1106 6 лет назад

Humans playing ants

@user-yp2oz1ib1b 3 года назад

India holds the Guinness world record for highest human tower

@taulguedi637 2 года назад

It's weird... I think that you made 9 levels and we can make 10 levels. India is awesome, friend! Best wishes.

@Daniel-fp7qn Год назад

The mental power of the Spanish 🇪🇦 is one of the best on the planet. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

@56independent42 Год назад

Technically, you should refer to them as The Catalans because they are from the Autonomous community of Catalonia. Some locals will get very angry if you call them "Spanish". I always use the term "Iberian Peninsula".

@JP-cl5iq Год назад

@@56independent42 And the rest of us wont get angry. We're Spanish people from Cataluña. That's it.

@56independent42 Год назад

@@JP-cl5iq Yeah, but i come from the UK where Haggis is "Scottish" and not "British" due to how it is particular to Scotland. Same here; Castells are particular to Catalunya so they're Catalan, Sangria is particular to Spain, so it's Spanish (at least i think).

@JP-cl5iq Год назад

@@56independent42 Mmmm, actually not, You cannot compare an Union of kingdoms with an actual kingdom, in the clase of Sangría, if you're talking about where its from, it would be correct that its from Castille and not from Spain. Catalonia is a region as Murcia is, as Castille is etc. We as Catalans, having other language apart of the national one, having cultural diferences with the other regions of the contry, etc. Are not comparing all the time or saying we are other thing that the rest of Spain is or not. I repeat we Catalans, not Catalan separatism

@JP-cl5iq Год назад

Uk is a bunch of countries as you OF COURSE May know, and Spain is one country, that has some regions with partiuclarites such as local languages, dances, folklore, etc. As my region, wich is Catalunya. By the way, now Im watching the football match betwen Scotland and Spain where u can see the difference between the UK & Spain. Spain is a country and UK is a group of countries. I send you a big hug, its a pleasure to talk about differents topics with respect using the Social Media. Adéu!!

@okyatumba5791 6 лет назад

repost...

@lawrencelenerd3988 Год назад

Hilarious

6 лет назад

Freedom to Catalonia, Bavaria, Scotland, Crimea, Palestine !!

@mirkomatic9907 4 года назад

Feerdom to: Texas, California, Baskia, Laponia, Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, and freedom, freedom for indepedent KURDISTAN. Viva il Kurdistan, great country, great people. Da zdravstuet svodnij KURDISTAN, ego otdelit ot Turcii, Iraka, Irana i Sirii.

@BLANK-rk4ju 6 лет назад

Reminds me of World War Z

@swaggieplayz8219 3 года назад

yes brad pitt

@joshsfishroom7702 6 лет назад

Poop stain at 1:35

@aaronhymes123 6 лет назад

Great Big Re-Uploaded Stories.. SMH

@phoenixfutures7635 6 лет назад

reupload

@abhisekdas435 6 лет назад

Same thing you can see in Mumbai and some palaces in India during a Hindu festival Dahi handi

@josecarvajal6654 6 лет назад

If this video were from last year the title would´ve been "Behold the Human Towers of Spain" lol

@fabiocarreira1697 6 лет назад

VIVA ESPAÑA CARAJO

@reekhavoc2932 Год назад

Sending the children 30 feet up 😭

@56independent42 Год назад

Why's it so sad? Is it not what americans do when they take the airplane?

@nerearias825 2 года назад

I don't understand shit about English or what the video says. I'm going to fail the class and my mother is going to kill me. Why doesn't the teacher choose videos in German explaining this language? I don't even understand his lyrics. I write this from in google translate

@56independent42 Год назад

Maybe try getting third party help. I really suffer in traditional Spanish and Catalan classes, but Duolingo is very helpful. Versuchen Sie vielleicht, Hilfe von Drittanbietern zu erhalten. Ich leide wirklich unter traditionellem Spanisch- und Katalanischunterricht, aber Duolingo ist sehr hilfreich.

@shawns9813 Год назад

Am I the only one who finds this amazingly stupid?

@santakosoundsystem7542 Год назад

It's as stupid as any sport, dance or whatever activity that doesn't have an essential utility.

@56independent42 Год назад

No, it's not stupid. Human connections are a vital part of humanity, even more so with the culture of Catalonia. Just like the Sardinia, the Castells help build a relationship with the community. It's as stupid as any sport or dance.