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The Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia ((:kəstəˈʎez ðə ɫə ˈβiɫə ðə ˈɣɾasiə)), created in 1996, are a ''colla castellera'', based in Vila de Gràcia that makes human castles. The colour of their shirts is navy blue. The first 4 de 8 ( a human castle 8 stories high with 4 people in each level) unloaded by the Castellers de Gràcia (to unload a castle means to start and finish the castle without falling ) was achieved on August 17, 2003 in the Plaça de la Vila de Gracia. Their best performance was: 4 de 8, 3 de 8 and 7 de 8. Up to the year 2012, the Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia participated five times in the Castle-making contest, which is celebrated every two years in Tarragona: in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. They are commonly known as "The Blue Gang", because of the colour of their shirts or "The Student Gang" because of the young age of most of their members. Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia appear briefly in the movie ''L'auberge espagnole'' by Cédric Klapisch. ==History== Castle making is nothing new in Gràcia, and there are historical references which date this tradition back to the last quarter of the 19th century until the first thirty years of the 20th century. Around 1890, a "colla" was created by immigrant peasants who had left Tarragona because of the phylloxera, and was called Xiquets de Gràcia. Possibly, these new Gracia neighbors found in the Vila de Gràcia, which by then was still a small town, the ideal atmosphere to make human castles and become a local "colla". It is known and documented that this "colla" began its activities at least since the 1880s until the year 1900, 1910 and in the second decade of the 20th century. Most performances were executed during the Festa Major de Gràcia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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