A castell (Catalan pronunciation: [kəsˈteʎ]) is a human tower built traditionally in festivals ... The assembly is complete once all castellers have climbed into their

1. Castellers -
Human
Towers
The Castellers de Vilafranca is a
cultural and sporting
association whose main
objective is to build castells
(human towers). This is similar
to the tradition to celebrate
Janmastami Festival with
Human Tower called Dahi
Handi festival in India.

2. The origins of this Catalan tradition
of building human towers dates
back to the 18th century. It was in
the small town of Valls, about 40
km west of Barcelona, that the
inhabitants started building the
towers, The individual groups
(colles) started to compete in
sporting events. Thus, not only the
building itself was invented, but
also the competition.

3. Nowadays, the Castellers de
Vilafranca have about 400 active
human tower building members of all
ages, with no discrimination on the
grounds of race, religion, sex or social
status. They share the common goal
of building human towers, democratic
values, cooperation and team work, a
constant desire to surpass
themselves, and a will to maintain a
lead over a select and competitive
group of rival human tower
associations. The group’s
headquarters is Cal Figarot, Casa Via
Raventós, a house located in
downtown Vilafranca del Penedès
and specially adapted for human
tower building activity.

4. Teams build towers (called "Castells") in competitions
against other teams, typically held in village and city
squares. Over the course of the year, teams collect points
for each of the towers they build. There are a specific
number of points associated with each specific tower.
Teams receive more points if they can dismantle the tower
without falling.
Towers are defined by the number of people on each level
and the number of levels high they reach. For example, a
"3 of 9" consists of three people on each level, nine levels
high. The bottom level (the "pinya") is always a foundation
level, consisting of dozens, or hundreds, of people. The
second and third levels may also provide additional
foundation support by adding dozens of people on each.
When the second level provides such support it is called a
"folre". For the third level, it is called a "manilles".
A tower is completed when a child (the “enxaneta”)
reaches the top and raises his or her hand.

5. In India
In Maharashtra there is tradition to
celebrate Janmastami Festival with Human
Tower. This religious festival is celebrated all
over India in the month of
August/September on the ashtami of
Krishna Paksh or the eighth day in the
month of Bhadon according to the Hindu
calendar with great devotion and zeal.
Janmashtami is also known as Gokulashtami,
Krishnasthami, Srijayanti.
This we decided to go and capture the
moments of the Dahi Handi festival in Pune.
In the following pitcture you can see the
Dahi Handi (Or Milk pot) on the top in the
picture. People has to capture it by building
the human tower.