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Popular Festivals 5th February 2022 ‘NINOT’ FALLAS EXHIBITION AT ‘CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES’ NOW ON!
By: 247valenciaThe Mayor, the Councillor for Festive Culture and the Fallas Majors of Valencia presided over the opening of the doors of the Fallas art exhibition this week. The Ninot Exhibition opened its doors this Thursday (February 3rd) at the Science Museum of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, where it returns two years […]
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Popular Festivals 4th February 2022 ’24/7 VALENCIA’ FALLAS ‘MASCLETÀ’ TIMETABLE 2022
By: 247valencia#CORDÀ Saturday 26 February. 21.30 h. Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Con la colaboración de los Tiradores de Paterna MASCLETÀ Sunday, 27 February. 14 h. Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Pirotecnia Mediterráneo Tuesday, 1 March. 14 h. Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Pirotecnia Peñarroja Wednesday, 2 March. 14 h. Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Pirotecnia Dragón Thursday, 3 March. 14 h. Plaza del […]
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Popular Festivals 17th August 2021 FALLAS…THE INSIDE DEAL BY FALLAS VETERANS (SEPT 1st – SEP 5th)
By: 247valenciaMASCLETÀ Daytime fireworks are a very Valencian contribution to the world of pyrotechnics. Forget about pretty pictures in the sky, this is all about noise, rhythm, the smell of gunpowder and having your bones thoroughly shaken by the ferocious aural assault of the finale. All this under blue spring skies, amongst a huge and expectant […]
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Popular Festivals 16th August 2021 THE MARCHING BANDS OF FALLAS: UNION MUSICAL
By: 247valenciaThey play in the pasacalles, the ofrenda and even at half time at Mestalla… The marching bands that make Fallas what it is The first time you experience Fallas, amongst the sensory overload of the thunderous fireworks, the colourfully crazy fallas monuments and the crowded streets, one of the things that stays with you is […]
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Editorial 15th March 2019 FALLAS… BUSINESS AS USUAL
By: 247valenciaFallas is back…Foc i fum, ducks and teapots The way things are at the moment, many might question the sanity of anyone who is willing to spend millions of Euros on erecting huge papier-mâché ‘‘monuments’’ only to gleefully burn them to cinders just a week later. You also might be forgiven for thinking (especially if […]
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Popular Festivals 30th July 2016 Local Fallas
By: 247valenciaDavid Moratalla Pulido is the president of a small neighbourhood falla at Séneca-Poeta Mas i Ros in the city of Valencia. We asked him what the festival is like away from the giant fallas of the special section. How and why did you become a fallero and eventually the president of the falla? I joined […]
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Popular Festivals 25th July 2016 Fallas Again
By: 247valenciaGET IT AWAY FROM ME Never! I will not do it! I absolutely will not go through another Fallas. No more sleep deprivation. No more drunken stupor. Nix the exploding firecrackers, the howling dogs, the street concerts, the paella feasts. I refuse to ever again elbow my way through a crowd of people on […]
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12th December 2015 Fallas fireworks in Valencia
By: 247valenciaFireworks in Valencia Valencians take their fireworks very seriously. There can’t be many places in the world where a Castillo or firework display will be angrily booed and slow hand clapped if it’s deemed to be too monotonous or, the ultimate sin in these parts, not punctuated by enough loud bangs. Pyrotechnicians are held in […]
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