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Festival "Las Fallas» (Las Fallas) in Valencia
This festival for more than five centuries, and each next holiday has its differences, despite the fact that the program at this annual event is unchangeable and ends with the traditional burning of giant sculptures made of papier-mache.
The festival itself is dedicated to St. Joseph, who is the patron saint of carpenters and joiners. Actually, hence the tradition of burning. Masters wooden cases accumulated a huge amount of scraps and crumbs of wood, so grandiose setting fire to most of these residues. Today, no burns, no chips. Create a giant sculptures made of papier-mache, which depict the life of famous characters, movies, books and mythology, which then in the final safely incinerated. Naturally, this is the last day of the festival, and before that held parades, bullfights, theater performances and just people walking. Yesterday festival "Las Fallas» (Las Fallas) successfully completed.
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The festival itself is dedicated to St. Joseph, who is the patron saint of carpenters and joiners. Actually, hence the tradition of burning. Masters wooden cases accumulated a huge amount of scraps and crumbs of wood, so grandiose setting fire to most of these residues. Today, no burns, no chips. Create a giant sculptures made of papier-mache, which depict the life of famous characters, movies, books and mythology, which then in the final safely incinerated. Naturally, this is the last day of the festival, and before that held parades, bullfights, theater performances and just people walking. Yesterday festival "Las Fallas» (Las Fallas) successfully completed.
Photo: Getty Images, Reuters, flickr
