Fallas explained to my friends in Europe, and around the world (Part 1)

First of all, apologies if there are spelling mistakes as I'm writing this entry nearly on the go.

I will skip the history of fallas and will go to the present (maybe I will elaborate later with more time availability).

Day 14 if March

This is the eve of the "kid's day". Kids in the falla gather in the afternoon of the 14th of March to pick up the "ninot" (small part of the falla) that was in the exhibition together with 380 more ninots, and will place in each falla to complete the ephemeral monument.

And the artists finish every detail of the Falla infantil (falla for children)

The children have dinner together that afternoon to prepare for the 15th, that's usually the day dedicated to kids.

When kid's dinner It's over,  It's a good moment at night to visit the fallas now, it's t'he night when everything it's not finished but you can have an idea of how the biggest fallas will look like. You will not find that crowded streets yet.

Day 15 of March

T'he city is waking up, the temperature is perfect:

Fallas infantiles need to be completed at 9 as the jury will be evaluating them today.

It's not even 8.30 and look what I walked already!

This is how they look like when finished:

Update 15th March: this is the best Falla infantil of Valencia in 2024. I was very lucky to visit it before it was known, as this will become mission impossible now. When I was there, I was nearly alone!

There's a mix if feelings in the air. There's people going to work (me), there's people still working (artistas falleros) or the jury visiting the finished world, and there's people enjoying the fiesta in the streets. They eat bunyols, churros and hot chocolate to move to Fallas mode "on".

In the meantime, the "big fallas" complete their shape and the more stressful hours until the 16th of March at 9am will be running for every artist.

And the art is already in the streets:

To be continued...