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The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration.
The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016.
Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration.
Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood.
The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals).
Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning.
Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6qh3dmjga6jzvwwsld74mki3/bafkreigmbiddgxjmf5unn6vbzmmkhw3trlud6onp7fevwk2rnca57ql454)
[Wikipedia] The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration. The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016. Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration. Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood. The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals). Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning. Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.
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The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration.
The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016.
Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration.
Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood.
The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals).
Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning.
Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6qh3dmjga6jzvwwsld74mki3/bafkreihbggz5dtpxkmcbcxlvlzgqsn2yzhnfgzhohcl6nvue77fkwskxhm)
[Wikipedia] The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration. The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016. Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration. Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood. The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals). Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning. Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.
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The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration.
The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016.
Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration.
Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood.
The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals).
Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning.
Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6qh3dmjga6jzvwwsld74mki3/bafkreifjnpf54zfisnijiag22z6x4t55ju7tsvkoyfnawwr4fe7wmjqlja)
[Wikipedia] The Fallas is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town, for which the patron saint is Saint Joseph; therefore the festival takes place around this saint's day, 19 March. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. The term Fallas refers to both the celebration and the Falla monuments burnt during the celebration. The Fallas (Falles in Valencian) festival was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity list on 30 November 2016. Each neighbourhood of the city has an organised group of people, the Commission, that meets at the Casal faller, and works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the noted dish paella, a speciality of the region. Each commission produces a construction known as falla which is burned the last day of the celebration. Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot (Valencian name for puppets or dolls) out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood. The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed-upon theme that has traditionally been a satirical jab at whatever draws the attention of the fallers (the registered participants of the casals). Since 1934 each of the fallas sends one of their figures to a competition, the Exposició del Ninot. This competition, which is won by popular vote, determines which of the ninots will be spared from burning. Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.
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Do you know about #ninots? Ninots are the large, satirical, and artistic figures made of cardboard, wood, and papier-mâché that form the central part of the annual #Fallas #festival in #Valencia, #Spain.
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