Josep Sala i Mañé (1938 – 20 April 2020) was a Spanish Catalan casteller.[1]
He was born in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, in 1938. In his youth, he was member of the Castellers de Vilafranca[2] until his family moved to Barcelona in the 50s.[3] In 1958, alongside the Duch family and Pere Català i Roca he founded the colla (team) of Castellers de Ballets de Cataluña,[4] but this group dissolved in 1963. Six years later, Sala founded the Castellers de Barcelona, the fourth oldest, and was its head between 1969 and 1976.[5]
He died on 20 April 2020 in his hometown, at the age of 82, after suffering from COVID-19 during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
References
edit- ^ "Muere el fundador de los Castellers de Barcelona, Josep Sala, por coronavirus". elperiodico. 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Josep Sala, una vida dedicada als castells". revistacastells.cat. 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Josep Sala: "Parlàvem de castells i la gent ens mirava estranyada"". elperiodico. 24 September 2009.
- ^ "Castellers de Barcelona 25 anys" Un segle i mig de castells a la ciutat (2004), Raimon Cervera, Josep Dàvila i Claudi Dòmper - Ed. DUX, pag.28
- ^ Blanchar, Clara (21 April 2020). "Mor de coronavirus Josep Sala, fundador dels Castellers de Barcelona". El País.
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