La Cremà - The Burning - The Climax - The Relief: Fallas 2018
Finally, it was here! What we all had been waiting for: La Cremà! On the night of March 19th, around 800 Fallas figures were burnt to a crisp, some of them towering up to six stories in height. The burning started around 10pm, with the smaller figures, and lasted until the early morning hours. La Cremà is always an odd event, because everyone is tired and sad about watching their favorite Falla figures go up in flames. The falleras often end the night with tears running down their cheeks. It's too overwhelming!
This year, we chose to watch the Cremà at the Falla Exposición. This was the wedding themed one, which you might remember from one of our previous posts highlighting our favorite Fallas figures. And we chose wisely, because it was one of the best we've seen. The screaming characters went perfectly with the raging flames. This figure was also close to our apartment and has wide open spaces, so that the crowds aren't too overwhelming.
It might seem hard to believe, but the above picture of the burning is real; this is how it really looked like. You can verify that by watching the video below. Now just consider that at least 800 figures are burnt like this throughout this city. There are fireworks and flames going up all over the place! The city is charged with an energy that can't be described.
Exposición's monument burnt very quickly; within a few seconds everything was up in flames, and so much heat was being released that we thought our faces might melt off. But amazingly, all the fires all around the city were kept under control, and nothing bad happened during the Cremà. The Bomberos of Valencia know what they're doing! As do the the other firemen from around the globe who had been invited to Valencia, to help out.
When we woke up the next morning and went outside, the city had reverted back to normal. It was like a surreal dream... you'd never guess that, just a few short hours ago, Valencia had completed a crazy three week festival.
Stay tuned for one last Fallas recap video post! But then that's it... until Fallas 2021!
Read all about this crazy city on our Valencia Travel Blog!
A fitting end to the Fallas! Great choice to see the Cremà at the Falla Exposición as the expressions on the character's faces match with what is going on.
It just shows you how fast fire can spread and burn up everything in its way! Good to have the Bomberos of Valencia and around the world at hand ;)
WOW!!!!! This is going on my bucket list. Omg I can only IMAGINE the energy has to be off the chain!!! This looks like something straight out of a movie. I love your travel posts...you always have something interesting going on. Or if not, you just take good pics and make it look super interesting lol so either way, your posts are great lol
You're too kind ... !
The energy of La Crema is so strange .... kind of melancholic but you won't find anyone who's not happy that Fallas is not over :)
Now back finishing our Lisbon Blog - we still have over 40 articles to publish!!! Fallas was such a distraction :) .. a good one!
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Amazing!
A ha..the second episode of your previous post. Bit pity that all 800 Fallas figures were burnt within a night. :-(
They have to make room for the figures for next Fallas and traffic has to go back to normal :)
Oh my, this little festival is incredible. I didn't even know it existed. It reminds me of Burning Man in the US where we build lots of sculptures including a giant "man" and a temple and then se burn them like rituas toeards the end of the week long festival.
Amazing photos too,
Thanks for sharing @for91days...following you
Fallas is the mother of the Burning Man and they actually both working together actively! It's a wonderful creative connection.
You should come and see for yourself one year! I'm playing with the idea to go see Burning Man one day.
That would be great. Here or there, if we go to the Burn, we'll let you know...we haven't been going much lately!
The creativity!!!
Woah, that looks crazy and exciting!
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