Thanks, Paul. They do indeed have a good time (barring serious mishaps...), it's very festive!
:) -c On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > A very weird custom, well recorded by you:-). Seriously, a nice set, and it > looks like the participants have a good time. > Paul > On Aug 15, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> Hellooo out there! >> >> Summer vacation & travels have kept me off the list for a while... >> did I miss anything? :) >> >> Thought I'd share a collection of shots that I took a couple of weeks >> ago in Spain. For the second year, we were visiting with friends who >> live outside of Barcelona... they participate in making Castells, or >> human towers. Which, near as I can tell, is a combination athletic >> contest, Catalan cultural event & performance art. It's really quite >> incredible to watch. (Especially for someone from the litigious US... >> I was inspired to teach my Spanish friends the English idiom "lawsuit >> waiting to happen"...) People from all walks of life participate, >> from young to old. Indeed, the youngest are the ones climbing to the >> top of the towers, which can reach 8 or 9 stories high. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157631083652560/with/7789544188/ >> >> Apologies for the size of the set, it is also being shared with the >> participants... here's a shot that gives an idea of the Castells: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789543272/in/set-72157631083652560/ >> >> Another outtake - how it looks when something goes wrong... At one >> point, one of the towers collapsed. I managed to get a couple of >> shots off while I dove for cover: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789544188/in/set-72157631083652560 >> >> I think what I find so compelling about this activity is the >> closeness... everyone mashed together, feet on shoulders, hands >> grabbing what-have-you... talk about being on top of each other! >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
