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This stunning HD film shows us the celebration that takes place between the 13th to the 19th of March every year, the Fallas are giant creations of styrofoam, wood and paper mache, created in honor of St. Joseph, patron of all carpenters. They are built by an ensemble of artists and local workers, and then put together like a puzzle in the streets of Valencia by competing clubs. The Fallas represent a huge investment of money and personnel during a whole year. The surprising fact is that those “museum worthy” artistic creations are burned to the ground on the last night of the festival in huge bonfires. This act of faith and pyromania brings tears to the women and evokes strong emotions from the men. The whole town of Valencia participates with a week long celebration of parades, bands, firework displays and the daily Mascaleta.
10:00:40 - 10:05:20: GVs fallas (giant statues), Valencia city
10:05:20 - 10:10:07: Cranes lifting fallas, building, painting statues
10:10:07 - 10:11:20: Streets lights, city nightscape
10:11:20 – 10:17:00: Ninots, doughnuts, churros, Spanish café
10:17:00 - 10:20:45: Covered market, ‘Mercado Central’, fresh fish, olive trees, orange groves, fresh strawberries
10:20:45 - 10:23:00: Spanish restaurant, cooking paella
10:23:00 - 10:23:40: Spanish bar, bodega, tapas, wine cellar, cured meats, anchovies, drinking wine
10:23:40 - 10:25:00: Street parade, drums trumpets
10:25:30 - 10:25:50: Children, fire crackers
10:25:50 - 10:26:59: GVs crowd
10:26:59 – 10:28:50: Women traditional Spanish dress, Casals, parades
10:28:50 - 10:31:15: Applying make-up, dressing in costume
10:31:15 – 10:33:33: Flowing offering, women and children in traditional dress, statue Virgin Mary
10:33:33 - 10:34:47: GVs Spanish countryside, Moorish architecture, candles
10:34:47 - 10:38:55: Honey, salami, cheese, sheep, weaving, black truffles, forests, cognac, champagne.
10:38:55 - 10:39:12: GVs sunset
10:39:12 – 10:40:07: Valencia Cathedral, paintings Francesco Goya
10:40:07 – 10:41:12: Aquarium, dolphins jumping, sharks, penguins
10:41:12 – 10:47:50: Festival, fireworks, burning fallas, bonfire, clockface, dancing
John McLean
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