In Tarragona, Spain, more than 40 teams of “castellers” recently gathered for the city’s 29th biannual human-tower competition—working together to build the highest and most complex human towers (castells) possible. Winning teams reached as high as 10 tiers above the ground. Gathered here are some of the images of these amazing structures, and the effort involved in forming them.
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Members of the Castellers de Vilafranca team form a castell during the 29th Castells Competition in Tarragona, Spain, on October 6, 2024. #
Members of Colla Moixiganguers d'Igualada work together to build their tower in Tarragona on October 6, 2024. #
Members of Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls react as they form their castell. #
Members of the Colla Castellers de Sabadell build a human tower on October 5, 2024, in Tarragona. #
Member of Castellers de Vilafranca form a castell on October 6, 2024. #
Assistants react as members of Castellers de Vilafranca try to form a castell on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls fall down as they try to build a human tower on October 6, 2024, in Tarragona. #
Members of the Colla Castellers de Vilafranca build a human tower on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls work together on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls build a human tower in Tarragona on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Castellers de Vilafranca climb across the shoulders of teammates on October 6, 2024. #
Members of Castellers de Sant Cugat react after successfully completing their castell. #
Members of the Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona support one another as a child climbs toward the top of their tower. #
An overhead view of the Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls, as they work together to form the base for their human tower on October 6, 2024. #
Members of Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Castellers de Mollet react after falling down as they were building their human tower on October 5, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Xiquets de Tarragona begin to build their human tower on October 6, 2024. #
Other teams look on as members of Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls form their human tower on October 6, 2024. #
Members of the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls fall as they attempt to build a human tower on October 6, 2024, in Tarragona, Spain. #
A young girl from Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona cries with happiness after her team successfully dismantled its human tower on October 6, 2024. #
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