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All Saints Day in Villafranca del Penedés (Barcelona) { 22 images } Created 7 Aug 2007

The origins of this tradition began around the XVIII century, as a means of having
fun. Groups of young men, who wanted to show off, began climbing on each other
trying to show their resistance and strength. This later resulted in the forming of human towers.
Castellers are human castles, very typical of the zone of Catalonia. A large amount of dedicated associations to do
castellers, and compete among them in the many
contests that held all over Catalonia.
Villafranca del Penedés is a city in the province of Barcelona (Catalonia), to the
Northeast of Spain. Every 1st of November, coinciding with the celebration of All
Saints Day, a big contest is held of castellers in Villafranca.
The celebration of All the Saints is the Spanish equivalent
to Halloween, but there are neither disguises nor
pumpkins, but what people do is go to visit the tombs of
those who passed away: relatives, friends and family
taking flowers to them.
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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  • Traditional celebration in the small town of Villafranca, in Spain, where the people make huge human towers. Villafranca, Spain.Photo: Bernardo De Niz
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