How many ninots are made?
The festival really gets cracking on March 15, with La Plantà, when more than 700 enormous ninots (puppets or dolls) are set up around the city, and most roads are cut off to traffic, making way for all the people and activities that will fill the streets during the days and nights the fiesta.
How long does it take to make a ninot?
The creation of ninots requires months and sometimes a whole year to form the life-like figures from papier mache, wood, plaster and cardboard. Neighborhood teams build the statues (around 350 to be displayed all around the city), which are typically satirical or fanciful and are often several stories tall.
What are the fallas statues made of?
From the wood, cardboard, fabrics, clothes and paper of its beginnings, the fallas have evolved into the great effigies/sculptures of more than 30 meters high, created by Artists falleros, with satirical statues made of cork or cardboard that we can admire today.
What is the origin of Las Fallas?
ORIGIN OF THE FALLAS The origin of las Fallas comes from the old carpenter’s tradition who, when celebrating the arrival of spring on 19th March, used to burn pieces of wood (parots) that were used to prop up their lights during the winter.
Who are the falleros?
Falleros are the people who make the falla sculptures. During the festival, they will dress up in traditional Valencian costumes made from Valencian silk and lace. Falleras are the females who make the falla sculptures. Each year one fallera is chosen to represent each group of falleros.
What is Falleros?
Representative. The Falles (Valencian: Falles; Spanish: Fallas) is a traditional celebration held annually in commemoration of Saint Joseph in the city of Valencia, Spain.
What does the word Ninot mean?
ninot m (plural ninots) doll, dummy. idiot, dumbass.
What is La Planta in Las Fallas?
The plantá (which comes from the verb to plant; in Valencian, plantà) is the act of erecting a Falla or bonfire monument, in the Fallas or the Bonfires of Saint John, festivals held respectively in March and June in different localities of the community of Valencia (Spain).
What food originated in Valencia at the time of Moorish control?
When the Moors came to Spain, they brought rice with them. Rice dishes had long been a staple of Moorish cuisine. Valencia, the undisputed home of Spanish paella, is one of the largest producers of rice in Spain today.
What are the falleros and falleras?
The festivity was born in Valencia in the 18th century and at present is held in 160 municipalities with some 800 participating Fallas Commissions actively uniting around 200,000 ‘Falleros’ and ‘Falleras’ (volunteers for the commission who organise and partake in the festivity).
What type of clothing do the falleros and falleras wear?
Women wear elaborate hand-sewn dresses made of two parts: the skirt, or falda, and the bodice, or corpiño. While original fallera dresses were inspired by clothes worn by women laborers working the rice fields around Valencia, the style has changed over time, with new fabrics and patterns introduced each year.
Is Las Fallas de Valencia religious?
Las Fallas celebrates the arrival of spring and is a religious holiday during which Valencians commemorate Saint José (the patron saint of carpentry) on March 19.
¿Qué premios reciben los monumentos falleros?
Los monumentos falleros reciben diferentes premios según las categorías de la falla y la temática. El Premio más preciado de todas las categorías es el Primer Premio de todas las Secciones. Los premios más importantes en cada sección son el primero de sección, el primero de ingenio y gracia y el de falla alternativa.
¿Cuál es el origen del monumento fallero?
En el Libro de los Hechos (en valenciano: Llibre dels feits), se cita que las tropas del rey Jaime I, llevaban fallas para iluminarse. El origen material del monumento fallero fue la quema de residuos de los talleres carpinteros y los domicilios particulares. Es decir, una mezcla de una fiesta gremial y popular.
¿Cuál es la historia de las fallas?
Según esta teoría, las Fallas son una evolución de este arcaico ritual que anuncia la entrada de la primavera. La primera referencia documentada de las Fallas se remonta a 1774 pero no es hasta 74 años después en el 1848 cuando se pueden encontrar publicaciones continuadas sobre la fiesta josefina.
¿Cuándo se suspendieron las fiestas falleras?
También se suspendieron las fiestas durante los años 1937, 1938 y 1939 con motivo de la Guerra Civil española. Las de 1936 se celebraron sin problema, pues el alzamiento se produjo el 17 de julio. Al inicio de la guerra, muchas comisiones falleras empezaron a destinar el dinero recaudado de las Fallas a la causa republicana.