Las Fallas and Valencia- Aviana's Overview and Explanation
Hi everybody! It's me again. I decided to write a little bit about an important Spanish holiday coming up very soon, Las Fallas, and some of our experiences in Valencia so far. Las Fallas A ninot we really liked First, Las Fallas. This is a Valencian holiday that takes place in March, between the 15th and the 19th. The holiday is to commemorate Saint Joseph, and is full of light and color. Every year artists make colorful " ninots ", (Styrofoam and wood statuettes) which are joined into giant statues, each artist that participates has a statue made up of their ninots , that are places in basically every plaza in Valencia and then burned on the last day of the holiday, called La Crema (The burn in Valencian which is a similar to but distinct language to Castillian Spanish). Starting at the beginning of March, loud firecrackers are set off at two o'clock of every afternoon. (And people through town set off their own all day and night). If you want to learn ...