Dates from 1st to 19th March, Valencia is upturned by the Las Fallas Festival celebrations, a festivity that combines tradition, satire and art which shouldn’t be missed for anything in the world. Continue reading to learn where our passion for fire and fun comes from and you will be ready to experience Fallas like a Valencia.
Root of the Las Fallas Festival
The source of Las Fallas comes from the old carpenter’s tradition who, when celebrating the arrival of spring on the 19th of March, used to burn pieces of wood or parots that were used to prop out their lights during the winter.
To this bonfire they gradually started to add old belongings and rags, which gave the wooden structure a human-looking aspect, until they became the ninots that we know today. The Valencia sense of humor soon gave the irony shown in the ninots which is maintained at present.
The Fallas celebrations have evolved into temporary works of art which in some cases, cost millions of Euros.
19 days of action for all the tastes
The passion of the Las Fallas lovers for their celebration has filled the Fallas week with thousands of things to do: traditional (and not so traditional) like music, tones of gunpowder, emotive religions acts, and paellas in the street. Enjoy Fallas with the 5 senses you must be looking forward to it already!
We have described the dates interestingly below:
Mascleta, from 1st to 19th
Our passion for fire is only comparable to our passion for gunpowder and Mascleta proof of that.
The name of the act comes from “masclet” the type of fireworks that explode with a loud noise when the Fallera Mayor declares “Senyor pirotecnic pot comencar la mascleta.
To, watch this spectacle of sound head to Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 2pm, any day from the 1st to the 19th of March. Also remember to keep your mouth open a little to avoid damaging your ears when it reaches to 120 decibels!
The Planta, 15th of March
The night of the 15th March is full of activity. The Las Fallas commissions work in shifts because all the monuments that are set up in Valencia must be fully finished by the morning of 16th. Basically that is the day when the judges award the best ones and choose the ninot induldat, the only figure to be saved from burning.
Award-giving, 17th March
The Falleras and their commissions take part in a procession towards Plaza del Ayuntamiento on the morning of 17th, to pick up their prizes. You should be aware that more than 750 monuments are set up in Valencia and are divided into categories with the Special Section being the most impressive of all.
Fireworks and the Nit Del Foc dated 15th to 19th of March
The night skies are filled with light and color during Fallas thanks to the impressive firework displays which are set off at midnight at Alameda. An act which brings together a multitude of people and reaches its peak with the Nit del Foc, a unique firework display celebrated in the early hours of the 18th March.
Flower Ofrenda held on 17th and 18th of March
All the Las Fallas commissions of Valencia parade through the city from their neighborhood to the Plaza de la Virgen for a flower offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados, patron saint of Valencia. The act takes place from 4pm until the night, with bunches of flowers that become part of an impressive 15-metre high structure representing the Virgen’s cape.
Visiting the square after 2 days of ofrenda is an olfactory experience which is worth it and very well recommend for the people attending the Las Vallas Festival in Spain.
The Crema, 19th March
All the Fallas, small and large, must be burned on the 19th. Although it’s a shame, seeing how the flames reduce these monuments to ash is an artwork in itself. So, put on some comfortable and prepare for the crema route at 10 pm the small monuments start to burn, and at midnight the big ones go up in flames, except for the 1st prize-winner which is burned at 12:30 am. The Fallas celebrations end when the monument at Plaza del Ayuntamiento is burned, at 1 am.
They say that everyone should come to Fallas at least once in their life, although we’ll warn you now, with everything that there is to see and do you will surely want to experience again!
Las Fallas Festival is counted in one of the best festival of Spain. Due to the pandemic all over the world, nothing is going right and therefore the dates of this festival have also been changed. People are eagerly waiting for the new dates of this festival. New dates will be announced very soon for the festival, till the time you should get ready with your Spain visa so that you do not miss this festival in this year.
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