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Fallas

Traditional celebration in Valencia with a lot of explosives and fire. Officially from 15 to 19 March, but things start to happen much earlier.

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Day 202
Awakening
Sunday, 7:40 in the morning. A crowd is walking down the main street, throwing firecrackers al allong the way and heading towards the Town H...
Day 225
...and it's gone
The last night of Fallas, called la cremà, is when all the statues are burned down. The festival is over now, but it ended with a ban...
Day 201
Kaboom!
[Again, I decided to replace a photo, because the previous one didn't show the scale of what was happening.] The celebration of Fallas is just...
Day 214
Turning on the lights
The Ruzafa neighbourhood is famous for its street illuminations in the Fallas period. Today was the first encendido (turning the...
Day 218
More fallas!
They are appearing everywhere in the city and they're incredible! #evening #fun #tuesday #street #city #art #people #parade #celebration...
Day 222
Ofrenda
Ofrenda de flores or the offering of flowers is an impressive tradition of Fallas. Representations from every neighbourhood, each with a stand...
Day 219
Even more fallas
Sorry, I just can't get enough of them. #outdoors #evening #fun #wednesday #people #festival #man #march #competition #many #adult #g...
Day 206
Crowded
From 1 to 19 of March, there are pyrotechnic events called mascletàs every day at Plaza del Ayuntamiento. In case you wonder if it makes sense...
Day 209
More fireworks
They just can't get enough. There was another firework show on the Plaza del Ayuntamiento this midnight. Pretty impressive, as usual. I...
Day 223
All in flowers
It's not quite ready yet, but it's already amazing (and you can see that putting it all together was so much work). There are even more...
Day 217
Almost ready
They're putting together a falla in my area. By the end of the week, statues like this will appear in every neighbourhood of Valencia. An...
Day 224
Time to say goodbye
One of the best fallas just a few hours before it was burned. #outdoors #evening #light #road #monday #street #city #people #archi...
Day 211
Unexpected street portait
I was walking shyly around a street churros booth that recently appeared in the neighbourhood, trying to take some photos, w...