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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8, 2018
LOG SHEET #1
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER NAME: Mary Aldacushion
RECORDER 1 NAME: Atenu 1    
FILE NAME: 0489.wav
RECORDER 2 NAME: Atenu 2     
FILE NAME: 0078.wav
PRESENTER: Pablo Giori          
DATE/TIME: 7/6/18 - 12:00
PROGRAM: Catalonia           
STAGE: Ateneu Exchange
GROUP NAME: 
SESSION TITLE: A Tale of Two Colles: History of Human Towers

[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Miquel Covo | Colla [[strikethrough]] Joves Vell [[/strikethrough]] Joues |
| Maria Barbara |  Colla [[strikethrough]] Joves Vell [[/strikethrough]] Joues |
| Eduard Jimenez |  Colla [[strikethrough]] Joves Vell [[/strikethrough]] Joues | 
| Roger Montala | Collavella |

older group - Colla Bella dels Xiquets de Valls (core)
2 Colles younger - Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls 
Intro by Pablo - welcome
liao - first human tower today
Origins of human tower
Started as a religious ceremony - 1700s
Then became more culturally important 

1791 - origin

Tradition started dying off
Economic issues - difficult time
Plague affecting groups - farmworkers
left the area (they were ones who made tower)

20th Century - more issues
Franco + dictatorship
Civil war period 1936-1939
Franco wanted only one group 
new human tower group in different towns
Competition between groups started
after Franco died, more groups + more competition
1981 -> more democracy, every town had its own tower group
 

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