Strength, precision and calls for independence at Catalonia’s human tower competition
By Reuters
08 October 2018 |
11:46 am
Forty-two teams of 'castellers' gathered on Sunday (October 7) in Spain's northeastern city of Tarragona in Catalonia to compete in the city's human tower building competition amid calls for Catalan independence by participants and spectators.
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