Fallas

Photo Story: The Fallas Festival in Valencia

The city council falla, papier-mache sculpture, burns during the 'Nit de la Crema' (Fire Night) in Valencia, eastern Spain, on Sunday evening. The Fallas festival is a fortnight-long fiesta in…

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Photo Story: Preparations of the traditional Fest Las Fallas in Valencia

People prepare the papier-mache and wood sculptures ahead of the traditional Fest Las Fallas in Valencia, eastern of Spain, 06 March 2023. La Fallas commemorates Saint Joseph, whose profession was…

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Spain’s Fallas fiesta resumes after COVID hiatus, rain damage

Heavy rain has dampened the giant paper mache figures lined up for the Fallas festival in the Spanish city of Valencia, but not the spirits of participants eager to celebrate…

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Photo Story: Preparations for Fallas festival in Valencia

A worker finishes details on a sculpture installed in Valencia, Spain, 20 August 2021. The Fallas 2021 festival will be held in the first week of September 2021, months later…

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Photo Story: Valencia prepares for Fallas 2021

Valencia's councilor for Culture, Pilar Bernabe (C), chats with artists Manolo Martin (L) and Jose Ramon Espuig (R) next to their falla 'The Meditator' in Valencia, Spain. The Fallas 2021…

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