22nd Winter Diada Castellera by the Ganàpies!

Tomorrow is the day of the 22^nd Winter Diada Castellera. The matinades will start the festivities off at 11 p.m.: the UAB castellers group Gànapies will play the gralla – the traditional Catalan musical instrument – to wake everybody at the UAB up and announce the beginning of the event. The butifarra tournament will begin at 1 p.m. followed by the Catalan human towers, castells, at 3 p.m. This year, the castellers groups that have been invited to the party are the Arreplegats (from the UB in Zona Universitària), the Bergants (from the UPC in Terrassa) and the Penjats (from the EPSEM-UPC and the FUB in Manresa).
 
After the display of human towers, there will be live music and culture with children’s entertainer Jaume Barri, who has been performing for the Ganàpies for the last 50 years. At 9 p.m. all participant castellers groups will be having a gala supper. The Winter Diada Castellera is a very important day for the Ganàpies because it is their first home performance of the year at the UAB, when they get to show everybody the human towers that they have been rehearsing. The aim of this event is also to meet other university castellers groups and to promote team spirit and teamwork.
 
The Ganàpies group was created in 1994, and was the first ever university castellers group. It is also the largest student association at the UAB. Their diades castelleres and butifarra tournaments are very well-known among UAB students and other universities. If you would like to learn a bit more about the castellers world and the Ganàpies, don’t miss this party and make sure you attend their open-air rehearsals every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. next to the Faculty of Science.
 
Check the Diada timetable in the Ganàpies’ Facebook event. Everyone is invited to the diada castellera! Come and join us!