Decorative lighting covers the falla group headquarters spread throughout the city. Valencia becomes an immense and unparalleled museum, born to be destroyed, once its mission is accomplished: the exposure of the negative side of life, exposed to be ridiculed and incinerated. It all starts at the end of February. From the ancient Torres de Serranos, the Fallera Mayor the Queen of the Fallas , chosen from all the falleras of the city, issues the Crida : a call to her people and to everyone to come and join in the festivities.
It is the beginning of an unforgettable experience: the Fallas. Readers on their first visit to the city of Valencia and to this Museum, today located in a former Vincentian convent, may find it hard to understand what exactly a falla is and what this Museum means. Basically, fallas can be described as satirical monuments. They are models made of combustible materials cardboard, wood, etc. An act which brings together a multitude of people and reaches its peak with the Nit del Foc, a unique firework display celebrated in the early hours of the 18th.
All the Fallas commissions of Valencia parade through the city from their neighbourhood to the Plaza de la Virgen for a flower offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados, patron saint of Valencia. Visiting the square after the 2 days of ofrenda is an olfactory experience which is worth it, we recommend it! All the Fallas, small and large, must be burned on the 19th.
The Fallas celebrations end when the monument at Plaza del Ayuntamiento is burned, at 1am. System messages Close popup. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. McKenzie Perkins. Southeast Asian Religion Expert. Mckenzie Perkins is a writer and researcher specializing in southeast Asian religion and culture, education, and college life.
Fast Facts: Las Fallas de Valencia Las Fallas de Valencia is an annual celebration of the coming of spring, celebrated by burning artistic monuments in the tradition of ancient Valencian carpenters.
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As the meaning of the word has evolved, it has taken on the connotation of the fiestas during which special torches were lit this meaning can be seen in 13th-century Valencian texts to referring to a bonfire lit on the in the middle of a gathering or fiesta 16th century , to referring to a fire used to burn old furniture and other discarded objects. In the 18th century, a falla became a fire lit to burn ninots puppets or dolls used in satire, and eventually, the figures themselves also came to be known as falles or fallas.
Today, the word fallas has many different meanings : it may be used to refer to the festival itself, the fires that form part of the festival, the scenes that are built and later set on fire, or the communities of neighbors who manage and carry out the construction of the figures.
Valencia, a quiet city with a population of about ,, more than doubles in size when over a million fire-loving revelers are drawn to Las Fallas celebrations like moths to a flame. Incredible visual fireworks displays are also held every night from March For many, the main focus of Las Fallas is the creation and destruction of ninots, which are huge statues made of papier-mache, cardboard, wood, or plaster. The ninots are extremely lifelike and usually depict bawdy, satirical scenes and current events.
Several ninots are organized together to make the multi-faceted story of each falla. Over the next few days, people walk around the city, admiring the artistry and humor of the creative masterpieces and enjoying the traditional pastries being sold on seemingly every street corner.
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