One of Spain's oldest traditions continues to be celebrated across Catalonia region
Vallmoll - August 12, 2006
1. Members of Colla Vella assembling castle
2. Wide of human castle with small child on top
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3. Wide shot of Valls
4. Wide shot of square with monument to castellers - human pyramid tradition
5. Tilt up of castellers monument
6. Exterior of Colla Vella Castellers Centre
7. Various of castellers having dinner at centre
8. Various of castellers preparing for rehearsals
9. Various of rehearsals
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Romero, head of Colla Vella group of castellers:
You need basic and important qualifications: strength, balance, bravery and sense. This means that you have to know what you are doing at that moment. One has to be aware that the castle doesn't lean to any side, that you will be balancing the weight with the one underneath you and also help the person over you so he or she won't wobble. These are all necessary skills and preparations for a good casteller, what a good casteller needs to be.
11. Various of castellers assembling an eight storey castle
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jaume Vinyes, medical doctor and casteller:
(What happened two weeks ago) it was the first time a child who fell straight from the top of a castle has died. After of thousands of falls, this shows that this is not a risky discipline. Nobody thought that a child falling from a tower like that would die. It is the first time and I don't know why it occurred. The laws of physics taught us that injuries from such a fall are minimal and not compromising, until now.
13. Child on top of nine-story castle
14. SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Xavi (no surname available), top of castle or aixeneta:
I have to go up quietly, step by step and try not to move the structure.
15. Wide shot of castle disassembling
16. Set up shot of Artur Foret, eldest member of Colla Vella
17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Artur Foret, eldest member of Colla Vella:
A football player plays for Barca (Barcelona FC) today and tomorrow he changes for Real Madrid or Zaragoza. Here it's different. Once you enter a colla (group of castellers) you never change to another one. In my youth I used to have a shop and no one from rival Colla Jove would come to buy anything from me. Nowadays this has changed; it seems we are becoming more human in that respect.
18. Various of memorabilia from Colla Vella
19. Exterior of summer residence of Corralcoba family
20. Set up shot of Irina Corralcoba preparing for exhibition
21. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Irina Corralcoba, Castellera:
My father goes in the folre or the pinya (lower levels) and my brother stands right underneath me. He used to be as high as me but now he grew up and he went down a bit. But this doesn't generate any kind of competition between us.
22. Set up shot of Genaro Corralcaba, father and casteller at home
23. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Genaro Corralcaba, casteller:
My son also fell down from a nine-storey tower five years ago and he had head injuries. But he likes it so much he didn't want to stop. One year after the accident, he climbed the same castle successfully.
24. Genaro Corralcaba showing photo of his son Adrian at castle
25. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Adrian Corralcaba, casteller:
Of course there is rivalry, but this is good. In big celebrations such as Saint Joan, you need a level of rivalry, to try to be better than your competitors. It makes you improve.
26. Corralcaba family leaving home for exhibition
27. Close shot of Genaro Corralcaba driving his car
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28. Various of Corralcaba family arriving at village of Vallmoll
29. Genaro and Adrian Corralcaba preparing to make castle
30. Set up shot of Ivan Rodon, president of Colla Vella, getting ready to climb castle
31. Red Cross paramedics
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