Las Fallas

2020-21

JUAN

Las Fallas They are parties that are celebrated from March 15 to 19.

They are celebrated in Valencia. According to Francisco Almela i Vives, the Fallas are "ephemeral catafalques with figures that are raised in the City of Valencia to be burned for the feast of San José". They have character of current affairs. The faults usually consist of a central figure or composition several meters high, the largest exceeding 30 m, surrounded by numerous cardboard, plasticine, stone, and polyurethane figures, supported by a wooden frame. The act in which the falla is burned is called the cremà (the burning) and it takes place on March 19, the day of San José (Sant Josep), the patron saint of the falleras festivities.

Las Fallas is an important festival that is celebrated on Valencia, Spain from March 14 to 19 of this month.

The celebration consists of having floats with a lot of sculptures that are then burned.

The origin of the Fallas festival dates back to the ancient tradition of the city’s carpenters, who on the eve of the feast of their patron Saint Joseph, burned old junk in front of their workshops, in the streets and public squares.

By Xana

FALLAS OF VALENCIA Las Fallas de Valencia are festivals that go from March 15 to 19 with a tradition in the Spanish city of Valencia and different towns in the Valencian Community.

Officially they begin on the last Sunday of February with the act of the crida (in Valencian; 'pregón o llama', in Spanish).

It consists of the burning of the Fallas monuments planted in the streets of Valencia and in its towns on March 19. The act is preceded by a fireworks display, lit by the Fallera Mayor and the President of the Commission.

Currently, this festival has become a very important tourist attraction, since in addition to being classified as a festival of International Tourist Interest, in November 2016 Unesco inscribed them on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

By Saray

LAS FALLAS

By Celia M. Las Fallas de Valencia are festivities that are celebrated in Valencia, Spain the 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of march. It’s origin came from an old tradition in which some carpenters of the city used to burn in front of their work shops, streets and public squares the old and useless junk along with the wooden gadgets they used to raise the lamps that illuminated them while they worked in the winter months the night before the feast of their patron, Saint Joseph. For this reason, the day of the cremà (when the Fallas’ monuments burn) always coincides with the 19th, the Feast of Saint Joseph.

Today we still burning the monuments, but this is preceded by a fireworks display, lit by the Fallera Mayor and the President of the Commission of Valencia.

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Las Fallas is the name of an original and traditional festivity that takes place in Valencia (Spain).

This festival is celebrated in March, from the 15th to the 19th.

Las Fallas is a very popular and touristic festivity.

In Valencian, they call this party as “fiestas josefinas”, because it´s celebrated to remember saint Jose.

To celebrate it, the people build very beautiful, large (they can be up to 30m high) and colorful sculptures to decorate Valencia.

You can find sculptures in all the city, but the place that have more is the Ruzafa street The sculptures can be important figures of the culture of Valencia, (like saint Jose for example) or fantastic ones.

The construction of the sculptures ends the 15th day of March and from this day the juries says which are the bests They are 2 categories of sculptures • “fallas mayores”: That can be up to 30m high • “fallas infantiles”: That can be like 3m high, usually they represent fantastic figures and the children helps to do the sculptures.

Finally, the 19th of march the majority all the sculptures burns in a big fire except the best ones, and this process is called “La creamá” Other facts • In Valencia, there is a museum about Las Fallas, where the people can learn about the history and the origin of the festivity.

There, you can see the sculptures that didn´t burn on the fire too!

• During Las Fallas festivity, is typical eat paella, churros and pumpking fritters Other traditions of Las Fallas • During the days of the festivity, is typical to turn on millions of lights in the streets.

• During the days of Las Fallas, is typical use lots of firecrackers • During the nights of the festival, from the midnight the sky is covered by fireworks that make figures in it.

• The fire ride only past one day in all the festivity and the people and sculptures that are part of this throw sparks of fire with torches

By Estíbaliz

Las Fallas is a festivity celebrated in Valencia, Spain. The days this celebration is done are from the 15 to the 19 of March. Las Fallas was added to UNESCO's cultural heritage list on 30 November 2016. A lot of cities in Valencia have very similar celebrations because they’re inspired on this one.

Las Fallas

By Maxim Las Fallas from Valencia are a festival that takes place from March 15 to March 19.

It consists of the burning of the Fallas monuments planted in the streets of Valencia. The act is preceded by a fireworks display, lit by the Fallera Mayor.

This year they have not been able to celebrate due to the Coronavirus, but it is expected that next year if possible.

Fun fact: the largest fault built was by a man named David, who was 20 meters high.

LAS FALLAS

By Noa The Valencian word falla derives from the Latin facula, which means "torch". The original meaning of this term was precisely that: it was about the torches that were placed on top of the Roman watchtowers.

Las Fallas de Valencia are festivals that go from March 15 to 19 with a tradition rooted in the Spanish city of Valencia and different towns in the Valencian Community. They officially begin on the last Sunday of February with the act of the maid.

They are celebrated in honor of San José, patron saint of carpenters, who was a very widespread guild in the city when they began to be celebrated at the end of the 19th century, and which it has preserved until today, given the importance of the furniture industry in the region .

Las fallas Las fallas are festivals that is March 15 to March 19, in a city in Spain, Valencia.These festivals try to burn escultors that are in the streets of Valencia.The persons that make the ecultures spend 1 year making the sculptures and between 15 and 19 of march they burn them.It is a very important festival in Spain.In November 2016 it was inscribed on the Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad.

By Tomás

“Las Fallas” Valencia is the capital city of Comunidad Valenciana, placed in the east of Spain, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Valencia is the third largest city of Spain, it has got about 800,000 inhabitants, but its population becomes double during the celebration of Las Fallas.

The festival begins on March 1 and ends on March 19. Every day at 2:00 pm, in the Town Hall Square, thousands of thunderous firecrackers are thrown during ten minutes. This is called “La Mascletá”.

On March 15 more than 700 ninots are placed in the city. Some are so big that cranes are needed to move them. Ninots are huge statues made of paper, cardboard, wood or white cork.

They are very realistic, and represent current events or satirical scenes. During five days, people can see the ninots and decide which one they prefer.

The ninots are burned on March 19, a day known as “La Cremà”. Each year, one of them is saved from fire by popular vote. People can visit the forgiven ninots in the Local Museum of Fallas.

During these days Valencia is very lively, the streets are full of people and there are many different activities to enjoy: bullfights, concerts, parades, paella contests, floral offerings…

By Álex