Festival of Lights in Valencia

Every year in the Spanish Valencia festival, which is dedicated to the patron of all craftsmen and, in particular, carpenters, St. Joseph. Actually, from the Spanish name of the festival translates as "lights».

The main and most interesting part of the festival is the appearance of giant figures, with subsequent burning. These figures are made mainly from cardboard, papier-mache. Naturally, they then raging just fine. In most cases, the figures show the current events in the life of levantiytsev. Often, the key characters are celebrities and politicians. These figures are called «Ninots». In 2014, the year it was created about 800 Ninots. They created the participants and competitors, which are habitually called falleros. They then burned ninots.
















































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