A SHORT VIEW ON THE FALLAS FIESTA IN VALENCIA (SPAIN)
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FALLAS
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This is a short presentation about the most popular and famous celebration in Valencia. Students participants in the Comenius project showed it in Izola (Slovenia)
Transcript of A SHORT VIEW ON THE FALLAS FIESTA IN VALENCIA (SPAIN)
FALLAS
WHAT ARE THE FALLAS?
The Fallas is a traditional celebration in Valencia
DURATION
Begining the 15th of March Ending the 19th of March
With the “cridà” With the “cremà”
THESE ARE THE FALLAS
Gigantic cardboard monuments placed in the streets
TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
Fallera (girl) and fallero (boy)
MASCLETÀ
Everyone gathers at the Town Hall Place to hear it
A daily appointment at 14:00 to hear the noise of firecrackers
OFRENDAA big parade where all the falleros and
falleras gather to take flowers to the Virgin
Eventually, on the night of 19th March all the Fallas monuments burn