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Las Fallas s a traditional celebration held in commemoration of Saint Joseph in the city of Valencia [Valencia / Spain]
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Each neighbourhood of the city has group of people, the Casal faller, that works all year long to produces a construction known as a falla which is eventually burnt. Here an example of a falla [Valencia / Spain]
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The Mascletà, an explosive barrage of coordinated firecracker and fireworks displays, takes place at 2:00 pm every day of the festival. The main event is here at the Plaça de l'Ajuntament where thousands of people gather [Valencia / Spain]
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During the four days leading up to 19 March, Las Fallas has many celebrations and processions, which attract many people to the city [Valencia / Spain]
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Example of a beautiful construction during Las Fallas 2016 [Valencia / Spain]
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The five days and nights of Las Fallas might be described as a continuous street party. There are a multitude of processions: historical, religious, and comedic. [Valencia / Spain]
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Although the Las Fallas is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush [Valencia / Spain]
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Some of the Las Fallas effigies cost more than 100.000 Euros and neighbourhoods are saving a whole year with fund raising programs to collect the money [Valencia / Spain]
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Crowds during the Las Fallas celebrations [Valencia / Spain]
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Las Fallas has many processions, of which the flower procession is one of them [Valencia / Spain]
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During Las Fallas, many people wear their casal faller dress of regional and historical costumes from different eras of Valéncia's history [Valencia / Spain]
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A girl in Valencia wearing a traditional dress during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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Traditional dresses in the streets of Valencia during the Las Fallas festival [Valencia / Spain]
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A woman during the flower parade at the Las Fallas festival [Valencia / Spain]
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Traditional (hair)dresses at Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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Las Fallas is also a family celebration [Valencia / Spain]
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Smiling faces during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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While the smaller fallas dotted around the streets are burned at approximately the same time as each other, the last falla to be burned is the main one, which is saved until last so that everybody can watch it. This main falla is found outside the Ajuntam
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One says that Las Fallas originated way back in the middle ages, and has been there ever since [Valencia / Spain]
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Finding a hotel room in Valencia during Las Fallas is difficult, so book in advance [Valencia / Spain]
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Baby in traditional clothes during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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Kids are also an important factor in the Las Fallas celebrations [Valencia / Spain]
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During Las Fallas many shops in the city sell traditional dresses [Valencia / Spain]
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Little girls in a traditional dress during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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Especially the women's dresses are beautiful during Las Fallas, but also the men are in style [Valencia / Spain]
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Valencia woman in the flower procession during the Las Fallas celebrations [Valencia / Spain]
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A Las Fallas procession in the streets of Valencia [Valencia / Spain]
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Las Fallas in one huge party, and everybody in Valencia seems to be part of it [Valencia / Spain]
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Young girl proud of her dress during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
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Girls are waiting to join the flower parade during Las Fallas [Valencia / Spain]
