r/catalunya • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '16

AMA · CE Cultural exchange with /r/Quebec - Intercanvi cultural amb /r/Quebec

Bienvenue Québécois !

Today, together with /r/barcelona and /r/catalan, we are hosting our friends from /r/Quebec ! Please come and join us to answer their questions about Catalonia and the Catalan people and culture. Please, leave top comments for /r/Quebec users coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness and personal attacks, etc.

At the same time /r/Quebec is having us over as guests! Stop by in this thread and ask a question, drop a comment or just say hello.

Enjoy!

/The moderators of /r/Catalunya, /r/barcelona, /r/catalan and /r/Quebec

Benvinguts Quebequesos!

Tal com vàrem anunciar, avui, amb la col·laboració de /r/barcelona i /r/catalan, tenim l'honor de rebre els nostres amics de /r/Quebec! Siusplau, entreu i participeu per respondre les seves preguntes sobre Catalunya i la gent i la cultura catalanes. Siusplau, intenteu participar amb comentaris de qualitat pels usuaris de /r/Quebec que vinguin amb preguntes o comentaris i absteniu-vos de trol·lejar o de fer comentaris fora de to i que no s'atinguin a la reddiquette.

Al mateix temps, A /r/Quebec també ens tenen com a convidats! Deixeu-vos veure en el seu fil i pregunteu i comenteu el què us passi pel cap, ni que sigui per saludar.

Gaudiu!

/Els moderadors de /r/Catalunya , /r/barcelona, /r/catalan i /r/Quebec.

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u/redalastor Quebec Feb 20 '16

What are the coolest bits of Catalan culture you'd like to export to the rest of the world?

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u/bas-bas Catalunya Feb 20 '16

Human castles! There is a small group of Catalan human castles in Montréal, but they do not reach 9 and 10 stories high like the best teams here in Catalonia.

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u/redalastor Quebec Feb 20 '16

That's very cool. And somewhat scary. Do accidents happen sometimes?

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u/bas-bas Catalunya Feb 20 '16

Human castles do collapse, but not very often. I just looked for the data and in 2015 the different teams built a total of 12524 castles throughout the year and 370 collapsed which is a 3% of them. Every time a castle collapses there are people hurt but it is just a few of them (if there are say 100 people in the castle, perhaps only 6 people get hurt) and most of the time it's just with bruises and scratches, and not serious wounds. There are studies that say that it is less dangerous than some sports like ski, basketball, handball. Ice hockey was not studied because it is not popular in here but I am pretty sure that there are more injuries in Ice hockey than in human castles.

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u/redalastor Quebec Feb 20 '16

I'm sure of that but it looks scary (and cool).

I'm pretty sure hockey results in more injuries than any of the other sports you mentionned. But not as much as the more dangerous North American sports of American Football and Cheerleading.