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Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016

July 7, 2024March 20, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016

The Crema is the burning of the Fallas’ each year starting at 11 p.m. approximately and going to well after 1 a.m. Each of the hundreds of installations throughout the city is burned. There are fireworks galore. The city is alight and thundering. The video is one I took at the Ayuntamiento Plaza, the last one to be burned, and generally the largest and most spectacular. There are tens of thousands of people in the plaza as you will see.

For background information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/

Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance

July 7, 2024March 19, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance. Just happened across it while we were walking through the medieval section. You will find it interesting!

First place Fallas 2016- Casal Calle Cuba- Litorat Alzorin

July 7, 2024March 19, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Casal Calle Cuba- Liiorat Alzorin won many prizes in 2016, including best sound and light show and 1st place in the Special category (largest) for it’s many slendored fallas. Here is a short slide show (below the photos):

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Dracula and other Fallas’ of 2016

July 7, 2024March 18, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

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Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall

July 7, 2024March 15, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall

One of the largest and most fabulous of the Fallas’ is the one at city hall (Ayuntamiento). Photos and video.

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Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016

July 7, 2024March 12, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016

Visit to the fallas workshops (with photos)

July 7, 2024March 6, 2016 by Gary Kirkpatrick

March 3, 2016 we visited the workshop area where the sculpture for Fallas are produced. These are made from foam over a wood frame. Each neighborhood Fallas contracts with a workshop to produce these creative and delightful sculptures each year. Except for a very few ‘small’ ones (small is human sized) all are burned around midnight on March 19 each year. The largest are around 25 meters/80′ in height. This industry employs hundreds of artists, carpenters and other skilled labor and brings in 800,000 people to Valencia each year. The streets are lively, filled with lights and stands selling churros and other fried goodies, mojitos (a mixed alcoholic drink) and of course beer and wine. The neighborhood fallas organizations have tents, lots of parties, and make paella on wood fires on the street. Some of them sell portions as fund raisers.

Fallas is the annual carnival in Valencia, Spain. For background information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/ ‎