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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Catalan here. I only participated in the construction of a
castell (not "castella", this is something else) twice, pushing
from the base (this is called "fer pinya", sort of translatable as
"help to build up") to keep the structure above compact and
stable. A concentration and energy-demanding effort, like putting
a routing protocol under test, but fun to be part of.<br>
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<p>Pedro already gave a nice glimpse of what castells mean
*nowadays* in popular culture. Men-only castells were a declining
tradition only a few decades ago. As soon as inclusive "colles
castelleres" (i.e., teams of castellers) appeared in the late 80s,
the castells tradition flourished again and became an open,
welcoming, family-friendly, intergenerational activity. This meant
not only more fun, but also better castells. I think Catalan
society learnt a valuable lesson from that. I found <a
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href="https://revistacastells.cat/2018/03/les-dones-han-fet-els-castells-mes-grans/">this
nice article (in Catalan</a>) discussing it [1], which you may
want to translate with your favourite translation tool.</p>
<p>Now, I'd like to bring the whole castells topic into the
Battlemesh discussion. As you may imagine, the higher the castell
goes, the bigger and sounder the base (i.e., the "pinya") needs to
be. This requires lots of people supporting the tower from the
bottom. Even in the most signified castells competitions, which
occur regularly, it is *common practice* that members from one
colla castellera (and also friends, family, supporters, etc.) <a
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href="https://castellscat.cat/ca/descarregar/fem-pinya/CCCC_Fem_Pinya_2019.pdf">help
a competing colla castellera to "fer pinya"</a> [2], so that all
the castells that are build during the event become more solid and
robust. Isn't it the whole purpose of putting the protocols at
test during the Battlemesh, to make them more solid and robust
through collaboration of all participants?</p>
<p>SAX!</p>
<p>Roger<br>
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<p>[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://revistacastells.cat/2018/03/les-dones-han-fet-els-castells-mes-grans/">https://revistacastells.cat/2018/03/les-dones-han-fet-els-castells-mes-grans/</a></p>
<p>[2]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://castellscat.cat/ca/descarregar/fem-pinya/CCCC_Fem_Pinya_2019.pdf">https://castellscat.cat/ca/descarregar/fem-pinya/CCCC_Fem_Pinya_2019.pdf</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 27/4/23 a les 22:07, Federico
Capoano via Battlemesh ha escrit:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We could have had this discussion before, but it's
too late now to change course on the logo and I honestly don't
see anything offensive in it.
<div>Having lived in Catalunya myself for some time, I have seen
this peculiar thing they do there, it's just part of their
culture.<br>
<div>Ignifugo, as you may know the local team are volunteers
and they have enough to do, try to put yourself in their
shoes, they are doing their best to deliver this event.
<div>I recommend sticking to the technical discussions which
is what most people in this community are really
interested in.</div>
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<div>Peace.</div>
<div>Federico</div>
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