A Castell is a tower of humans climbing up upon one another

“In the Hills, the Cities”. Relocated to Yugoslavia where the conceit of individuals merging themselves into a collective entity to join murderous battle with a neighbouring community somehow seems appropriate.

Oh, there’s a documentary!

Montserrat Rossell Xicola, producer of the film Castells observes that “The human tower is a metaphor for Catalonian identity,” representing togetherness, solidarity, a softening of class differences. “You can step on your boss in a human tower,” Xicola adds. There’s some equality for you.

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