this past week some friends & i checked out las fallas in valencia. las fallas is valenciano for "the fires". beautiful wood crafted sculptures are set ablaze.
the entire city celebrates for 5 days. there are parades, beauty contests, paella contests and bull fights.
the center of the city is closed off to traffic. people wonder around celebrating with firecrackers and just about anything that'll make a loud boom.
these beautiful sculptures are burned on the last day of the fiesta, called la crema. they're filled with fireworks and at the stroke of midnight lit.
the fiesta celebrates the patron saint of carpenters, st. joseph.
ladies in traditional spanish clothing.
partying all day, all night.
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