Castles in Roquetes

One of the greatest traditions of Catalunya is Castles (Castells or Castellers).  This is the popular activity of standing people on the shoulders of others and making the castle as high as possible.



There are lots of groups of Castellers in Catalunya and the activity has been declared to be part of human heritage by the UNESCO.

 

Here you can see just how high groups of Castellers can actually make a castle.  There are competitions held on many different towns around the country, often in the main square.  It is normal for them to have eight or nine levels.

This may seem like a boring thing to do but it is a lot of fun.  Some of the groups even do it naked to raise money and for fun, here is a group from Poble Sec in Barcelona who built their castles naked to make a nude calendar.

The students of Institute Roquetes in the Comenius project decided to try to copy their efforts for you in our gym.  They didn't do it naked, thank God, and they don't have any Castellers in the group.  But it was a lot of fun.  Here you can see what happened.