Valencia "Fallas" Festival - Big Statues That Will Eventually Be Set On Fire
One of the most surprising things in Valencia, ever since we arrived, one day ago, is a sort of a festival called "Fallas". It's surprising from many, many angles, but I'm going to talk only about two of them in this post.
One is the noise, the other is the statues.
Let's start with the noise. Apparently, Valenciagos believe that if you make a lot of unexpected and powerful noises during this festival, you will cast away bad spirits. Hence, everybody and their mothers is throwing petards literally everywhere, every time.
In all honesty, I failed to grasp the logic behind this approach. I tried really hard to understand how will bad spirit be chased away if you will throw petards incessantly - and randomly - all day and all night long, but hey, I'm not from around here, what do I know?
Consequently, the streets of Valencia are sounding literally like a theater of war. Every few minutes a new petard explodes somewhere in your vicinity. Some are just snapping like a baby petard, but most of them are so powerful, you literally feel them inside your guts.
We had a pretty rough first night, much better described by @raluca here.
Probably, as time goes by, and with a lot of therapy, I may get to understand somehow this whole noise thing, but even if I will fail to do it, there's still hope, the festival will end on Sunday. The noise will, hopefully, end to, as all bad spirits have been casted away.
And that's the link with the statues: apart from the noise, another strange thing is that almost all the small piazzas in the city are filled with strange statues. They're not in a steampunk style, like in a local version of a Burning Man, but they'll still burn them. The style, as well as the actual meaning of the statues are still a mystery to me.
Here are just a few of them (some are just wood structures that will be set on fire on Sunday):
Hopefully, by Sunday, when all of these statues will be burned (don't ask me why), my understanding, as well as my overall acceptance of the Fallas festival will improve.
Will keep you posted.
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Thank you, I read it. sorry for my "hitting" on you.I wish you a good rest and mood)
That looks like fun @dragosroua, although maybe not so much the noise. Especially if it goes on late into the night,
It seems a shame to burn all those statues after all the work that's gone into them.
Looking forward to hearing how that bit goes.
Have a fun weekend!
Nice budy.. You're having fun in Valencia
cheers
This festival is really interesting great to know about it and great shots you shared @dragosroua thanks for sharing
Maybe it was haunted. so it will burn all, @dragosroua
Rituals are rituals. Run away you spirit otherwise i am going to explode petard
I also like this "Fallas"
Thank you for the content with skilled photography <3
Amazing photography thanks for sharing