History of Valencian

ProductsCOMENIUS ACTIVITY “PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE”

INDEXCOMENIUS ACTIVITY “PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF…”

• FALLAS

• SEWING MACHINE

• TOYS

• HOUSES

• ORANGES

• HORCHATA

• TURIA RIVER

Fallas

Fallas in the past

• Date: The first information we have about the Fallas dates back to the in 1740 .

• Description: in this time , the fallas were high dolls dressed in clothes and

paperboard masks and the hands and faces were made of wax . They also put old

tools there to be burnt .

• Who and How: It’s a tradition to celebrate the patron of the San José at the end

of winter so, the carpenters put the candlestick on the door and burned old

things. Over time, more things were added to the fire.So, it is said that it was a

carpenters custom.

Fallas in the Present

• Date: In 2015

• Description: Nowadays the fallas are made of Styrofoam. Then, most of the

monuments are made of expanded polystyrene ( Styrofoam ).The fallas can be 30

metres high.

• Who and How: The fallas are made by falleros artists .

Fallas in the Future:

• Date: In 2040

• Description: they will be made of recyclable materials and they will use them to

produce energy.

• Who and How: The falleros artists will made these types of fallas using recyclable

materials like wood. And they will have a remote control and it will not need the

fireworks , if they press a button, the fire will burn the falla.

THE SEWING MACHINE

• In the past, the sewing machine was called loom. It was a big weaving

machine.

• The Silk trade (La Lonja de Seda) in Valencia, was built in the 15th

century. There, they bought and sold silk. The silk clothes were made

with a loom.

The sewing machine in the past

• Now, the sewing machine is used in industries

but a very few people have one at home.

The sewing machine in the present

• In the future, I think the sewing machine will

eventually disappear, because there will be different

types of clothes. These clothes will be made of

paper, and will have strange shapes and you will only

be able to wear them once. Every day you will wear

new and more fashionable clothes.

The sewing machine in the future

Toys

Toys in the past

• The toys were very simple, they were small but very funny. Some childrenwere playing in the street. There were spinning top, cars and some of themwere made with cloth and felt.

• Now there are more types of toys. Now many of them are electricañ, but there are other toys as: Some of them are characters from movies… Barbies, are dolls, youcan dress them up… Cars directed by you… Now, the toys are very different fromthe past.

Toys in the present

• In the future the toys will be more original and will be more educational to get the best learning.

Toys in the future

Houses

• It dates back to primitive huts.the houses were already before the 18th century.the

barracas were ordinary houses in its principles, which served as warehouses. they

were built by valencian farmers.

Houses in the past

• Now, in the 21st century, the floor is the horizontal inner surface of an

architectural space . In Spain is called floor to housing .The houses existed before

Christ . Now they are made of brick or wood and old houses have been created by

the citizens .

Houses in the present

• The houses in a not so distant future will be very different from today . It will be

wihin years or centuries. They will have a different structure .

Houses in the future

Oranges

• Date: 19s century

• Description: In the ninteenth century

they couldn’t export the oranges from

Valencia to others countries. Also, there

were a lot more farmers than now.

• Who: The farmers that grew the

oranges.

• How: they hadn’t got the tolos, so they

did with their hands.

Oranges in the past

Date: Now

Description: Actually we export oranges

to other countries that don’t have the

appropiate weather to grew them.

Who: The farmers of nowadays

How: With machines to help them before

collecting the oranges.

Oranges in the present

Date: The future (maybe in 50 or 60

years)

Description: Maybe in countries that

don’t have the appropiate weather, they

would use winter pastures to grow the

oranges.

Who: The farmers in the future.

How: With winter pastures.

Oranges in the future

Horchata

• The horchata used in Egypt. It was medicinal and

energetic. The chufa grew in Nile’s bank. The

horchata expanded to the Iberian peninsula.

• Its name come from a legend: A girl went to

king’s castle and she showed the horchata (but in

that time it knew like chufa’s milk)to the king

Jaume I.The king loved it and she said the name

of the drink,the king said: ’’Açò no ès llet, açò es

or, xata’’(this isn’t milk, this is gold, girl)

Horchata in the past

The production start with the washed of the chufa,

then the chufa is grinded.

Then, the tiger nut let up in maceration.

After that, we get the extract of the chufa.

And finally, we add sugar and water to the extract.

The traditional chufa from Valencia, concretly, from

ALBORAIA. We can buy the hochata in a lot of

places. In fact, there are specialised shops and Orxata’s

stand. There are a lot of brands like “mon orxata”,

“chufi” , “Hacendado”, “Orxata de Valencia”.

Horchata in the present

I think in the future, we will continue

makind the horchata with chufa, but with

specialised and advanced machines. In my

opinion the horchata production will not

change a lot in the future.

Horchata in the future

The river Turia

In 1957, Valencia lived one of the most

tragic episodes in its history. On

14th October 1957 the great flood of

Valencia flooded the city and killed about

one hundred people. The government of

Spain and the City of Valencia decided

that the Turia could not go through the

center of Valencia by the danger of

further flooding.

The river Turia in the past

Now, the old river is full of museums,

theatres...

and you can go to the park to play or

to do whatever you want, although

some parts don´t have anything, only

grass and some plants.

The river Turia in the present

I think that in the old Turia river it’s

going to have parks, hotels or some

houses and the plants and the grass will

be higher and I think it’s not going to

have water.

The river Turia in the present