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Buen dia mis amigos!
Alright I am currently sitting here looking out over a terrace here in Granada, Spain. To be honest, I am already studying the next movement practice of Flamenco but we will be chatting about ‘HUMAN TOWERS’ in this discussion!
This is something we generally will only see in cirque du soleil in the USA or the occasional curious and outstanding group of acrobats but rarely do we have the collaboration of 10’s or 100’s of people all together for the same purpose of precariously stacking eachother up to 10 people high while crowds forget to breath in concern and amazment. Moxeranga is the tradition of Algemesi in the Valencia province of spain and Castillers is the name for the practice in Catalunya. Both similiar but Castillers is gererally know to build larger towers and be a bit more competive about it. Moixeranga is more focused on the cultural tradition around people stacking!
What’s the Point?
From my outside Yankee perspective, I see the practice of human towers as phenomonal means of bringing people together and immediately developing trust and confidence. One could easily pontificate on the symbolism of the creating the strurdy base of numerous faceless people (faceless because you are told to keep your head down as you support for protection in case the tower falls) much like a father who works his whole life to facilitate his only son go college and create opportunities the he never had. The son is an extension of the father and the small child on top of the human tower is an extension of the hundred people forming the base in a Moixeranga tower. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants or in this case, 100’s of spaniard’s heads .
What Can We Learn from Human Towers?
Balance, integration, communication, organization withing yourself and in relation to your community to name just a few adjectives. The locking of arms is crucially important and the wider the base of locked off Spaniards, the higher the tower can grow. This is representive of the work that goes into creating success in your own life. The hours of intention, work and focus that noone visibly sees at the moment is what develops the potential for the height of your own personal success. It always starts with the development of the base and if you are like most people potentialy blinded by your current state of base development, it may behoove you to observe the tradition of Moixeranga and take pleasure in cultivating your foundation for success.
As said by my buddy Mr. Carl Paoli of ‘The glamour is in the grind’ and you can hear our whole fascinating conversation here on the Align Podcast.
Saludos!
