quEstions 11~15 inBArCElonA thECAtAloniAns CAll thEm CAstElls, But thEsE ArEn’t stErEotypiCAl CAstlEs in spAin. thEsE CAstlEs ArE mADE up oF humAn BEings, not stonE. thE pEoplE who pErForm this AgilE FEAt oF ACroBAtiCs ArE CAllED CAstEllErs, AnD to sEE thEir towErs tAkE shApE is to oBsErvE A mArvEl oF humAn CoopErAtion. First thE CAstEllErs Form whAt looks likE A gigAntiC rugBy sCrummAgE. thEy ArE thE FounDAtion BloCks oF thE CAstlE.BEhinD thEm, othEr pEoplE prEss togEthEr, Forming outwArD-rADiAting rAmpArts oF inwArD-pushing musClE, Flying ButtrEssEs For thE CAstlE. thEn sturDy But lightEr CAstEllErs sCrAmBlE ovEr thE BACks oF thosE At thE Bottom AnD stAnD, BArEFoot, on thEir shoulDErs—thEn still othErs, EACh timE ADDing A highEr "story". thEsE humAn towErs CAn risE highEr thAn smAll ApArtmEnt BuilDings, ninE "storiEs", 35 FEEt into thE Air. thEn, just whEn it sEEms this towEr oF humAnity CAn’t DEFy grAvity Any longEr, A littlE kiD EmErgEs From thE CrowD AnD ClimBs strAight up to thE top.Arms ExtEnDED, thE ChilD grins whilE wAving to thE ChEEring CrowD FAr BElow. DrEssED in thEir trADitionAl CostumEs, thE CAstEllErs sEEm to EpitomizE An EAsiEr timE, BEForEBArCElonA BECAmE A worlD mEtropolis AnD thE mEDitErrAnEAn’s most DynAmiC City.But whEn you oBsErvE thEm up ClosE, in thEir strEEt ClothEs, At prACtiCE, you sEE thErE’s nothing EAsy ABout whAt thE CAstEllErs Do—AnD thAt thEy ArE not mErEly rEEnACting An AnCiEnt rituAl. nonE oF thE CAstEllErs CAn givE A logiCAl AnswEr As to why thEy lovE Doing this.But viCtor lunA, 16, touChEs mE on thE shoulDEr AnD sAys inEnglish: "wE Do it BECAusE it’s BEAutiFul. wE Do it BECAusE wE ArECAtAlAn. " BArCElonA’s mothEr tonguE isCAtAlAn, AnD to unDErstAnDBArCElonA, you must unDErstAnD two worDs oFCAtAlAn: sEny AnD rAuxA、sEny prEtty muCh trAnslAtEs As Common sEnsE, or thE ABility to mAkE monEy, ArrAngE things, AnD gEt things DonE. rAuxA is rEminisCEnt oF our worDs "rAuCous" AnD "ruCkus". whAt mAkEs thE CAstEllErs’ rEvEAling oF thE City is thAt thEy EmBoDy rAuxA AnD sEny. thE iDEA oF A humAn CAstlE is rAuxA—it DEFiEs Common sEnsE—But to wAtCh onE going up is to sEE sEny in ACtion. suCCEss is BAsED on EvEryonE working togEthEr to AChiEvE A shArED goAl. thE suCCEss oFCArlos tusquEts’ BAnk, FiBAnC, shows sEny At work in EvEryDAy liFE. thE BAnk stArtED As A FAmily ConCErn AnD now Employs hunDrEDs. tusquEts sAiD it ExEmpliFiEs how thE EConomy inBArCElonA is DiFFErEnt. EntrEprEnEuriAl sEny DEmonstrAtEs whyBArCElonA AnDCAtAloniA—thE AnCiEnt rEgion oF whiChBArCElonA is thE CApitAl—ArE DistinCt From thE rEst oF spAin yEt EssEntiAl to spAin’s EmErgEnCE, AFtEr CEnturiEs oF rEprEssion, As A prospErous, DEmoCrAtiCEuropEAn Country.CAtAloniA, withBArCElonA As its DynAmo, hAs turnED into An EConomiC powErhousE. mAking up 6 pErCEnt oF spAin’s tErritory, with A sixth oF its pEoplE, it ACCounts For nEArly A quArtEr oF spAin’s proDuCtion—EvErything From tExtilEs to ComputErs—EvEn though thE rEst oF spAin hAs BEEn Enjoying its own EConomiC mirAClE. hAnD in hAnD with sEny goEs rAuxA, AnD thErE’s no BEttEr plACE to sEE rAuxA in ACtion thAn on thE rAmBlAs, thE vEnErABlE, trEE-shADED BoulEvArD thAt, in gEntlE stAgEs, lEADs you From thE CEntrE oFBArCElonA Down to thE port. thErE ArE two nArrow lAnEs EACh wAy For CArs AnD motorBikEs, But it’s thE wiDE CEntrE wAlkwAy thAt mAkEs thE rAmBlAs A Front-row sEAt ForBArCElonA’s longEst running thEAtriCAl EvEnt. plAstiC ArmChAirs ArE sEt out on thE siDEwAlk. sit in onE oF thEm, AnD An AttEnDAnt will ComE AnD ChArgE you A smAll FEE. pErFormAnCE Artists throng thE rAmBlAs—stilt wAlkErs, witChEs CAkED in ChArCoAl Dust,Elvis impErsonAtors.But thE rEAl stArs ArE thE olD womEn AnD hAppily plAying ChilDrEn, millionAi
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