Social – Upgrade Spain https://upgradespain.com Your DMC agency based in Barcelona with great knowledge of whole Spain. We speak Norwegian, Spanish, English and Polish! Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:00:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://upgradespain.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon-up-32x32.png Social – Upgrade Spain https://upgradespain.com 32 32 Valencia & Las Fallas https://upgradespain.com/valencia-las-fallas/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:55:29 +0000 http://upgradespain.com/?p=6933 If you happen to be in Valencia this week, you will be so lucky to experience one of the biggest events of the year – Las Fallas. The festivity consists of 2 main events; “Mascletà” and “Burning of Ninots”.

At 14h, every day, the city centre fills up with locals to watch “Mascletà”. It is a noisy and smoky business, that involves crackers and fireworks, where the main goal is to make as much noise as possible 😉

Towards the end of the week, there will be a huge parade, with “Ninots”, who are enormous “dolls” created of wood, cardboard and wax. These artistic creations are supposed to reflect actual news and the political situation, in a sarcastic way. The dolls will be displayed throughout the city and finally a winner will be pronounced. The winner is the only “Ninot” who will “survive” from the flames, as the rest of them will be burned, on the 19th of March. In addition to these happenings, locals dress up in beautiful, traditional costumes, a colourful touch to the festivities.

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