Editing Castell (section)

==Origin==
Although based on the earlier traditional [[Muixeranga]] of [[Algemesí]] in Valencia, the tradition of ''castells'' within Catalonia originated in the ''Ball dels Valencians'' (Valencian Dance) in the town of [[Valls]],<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite news|title=Los 'castells', Patrimonio de la Humanidad|url=http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2010/11/16/actualidad/1289862002_850215.html|access-date=12 October 2014|publisher=El País|date=16 November 2010|language=es|archive-date=24 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424052407/http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2010/11/16/actualidad/1289862002_850215.html|url-status=live}}</ref> near the city of [[Tarragona]], first documented in 1712.<ref name=Xiquets>{{cite web|last1=Català i Roca|first1=Pere|title=ELS CASTELLS DELS XIQUETS DE VALLS|url=http://usuaris.tinet.cat/rclibru/sonsimusiques/castellsxiquetsdevalls.htm|website=VALLS SONS I MÚSIQUES DE FESTA|access-date=12 October 2014|language=ca|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083115/http://usuaris.tinet.cat/rclibru/sonsimusiques/castellsxiquetsdevalls.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the course of the 18th century, they spread to other towns and cities in the area, including [[Vilafranca del Penedès]] and [[Tarragona]], though it was not until the last 50 years that the practice of building ''castells'' began to spread to the rest of Catalonia.<ref name=UNESCO/> Interest in castells began to grow in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, the inclusion of women in the formerly male-only discipline ushered in the second ''època d'or'' (golden age) of castells; the presence of women is credited with allowing castells to be built lighter and stronger, enabling the construction of previously undreamed-of 9- and 10-story castells.<ref>{{cite news|title=La participació de la dona en el món casteller ha permès l'evolució tècnica que marca l'actual "època d'or"|url=http://www.ccma.cat/324/la-participacio-de-la-dona-en-el-mon-casteller-ha-permes-levolucio-tecnica-que-marca-lactual-epoca-dor/noticia/2200693/|access-date=27 March 2017|work=Televisió 3|agency=CCMA|date=27 October 2013|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015201919/http://www.ccma.cat/324/la-participacio-de-la-dona-en-el-mon-casteller-ha-permes-levolucio-tecnica-que-marca-lactual-epoca-dor/noticia/2200693/|url-status=live}}</ref>

While in Catalonia, the ''Ball dels Valencians'' began to focus more on the acrobatic nature of building ever taller human towers, their more religious and allegorical predecessors retain their traditions: the ''Muixeranga'', which is performed in the [[Valencian Community|Valencian]] city of [[Algemesí]], and in other places in the [[Valencian Country|Valencian Land]] and Catalonia, where it is often called the ''moixiganga''.

In 2015 the [[:ca:Coordinadora de Colles Castelleres de Catalunya|''Coordinadora de Colles Castelleres de Catalunya'']] hosted 99 groups, including [[:ca:Castellers de Vilafranca|Castellers de Vilafranca]] and [[Minyons de Terrassa]], who were able to construct the tallest human tower to date, the [[:ca:4 de 10 amb folre i manilles|"4 de 10"]] (10 levels of people with four in each level).

These icons of Catalan culture and sports were featured in the [[1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the Barcelona [[1992 Summer Olympics]].