P278 - Spain - Castellers, Catalunya

Castellers, Catalunya, Spain

Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya; Spanish: Cataluña; Aranese; Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.

Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east (580 km coastline). The official languages are Catalan, Spanish and Aranese.

Castellers are one of the main manifestations of the Catalonian popular culture. The activity consists in constructing human towers by competing colles castelleres (teams). This practice originated in the southern part of Catalonia during the 18th century.

加泰罗尼亚（加泰隆尼亚语：Catalunya；奥克语：Catalonha；西班牙语：Cataluña）位于伊比利亚半岛东北部，是西班牙17个自治区之一，下辖巴塞罗那省、莱里达省、赫罗纳省和塔拉戈纳省等四省，首府巴塞罗那。加泰罗尼亚大区面积31980平方公里，人口超过640万。当地一直使用的加泰罗尼亚语与西班牙语同为西班牙的官方语言，二者明显不同，但同属于印欧语系拉丁语族。

加泰罗尼亚省的民俗传统:Castellers即人塔，中国人称叠罗汉，本是一种感谢圣母玛莉亚的宗教仪式，后多被加泰罗尼亚地区在庆祝仪式或典礼上采用。

References sources : wikipedia