Ciberfallas International

- The Junta Central Fallera invites all Fallas Committee to participate in the preselection of girls and ladies who form the Court of Honor of Falleras Mayores de Valencia 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Fallas Committees Sueca – Literato Azorin and Cuba – Puerto Rico adorn their streets with thousands of lights spectacular, building so great tunnels of light.

Pasacalle

Pasacalle – Pasacalles

(“walk the streets”). The falleros love dressing up in full colours and parade the streets with their music bands. During Las Fallas you will see them randomly in many places, led by their own Queens of the Falla.

A parade of falleros through the streets in full colours and with music

Casal Albacete-Marvá

This is the main office and business headquarters of each Fallas Committee. Above and beyond that, though, “El Casal” is the neuralgic centre of the group’s daily frenzy of activity, not just during the Fallas Festival, but also during the rest of the year.

It is there where the Fallas’ financial and business organisation takes place and, when the fiesta arrives, the Casal doors are opened up to locals, tourists and “Falleros” from other commissions to share such a special time with them. Read the rest of this entry »

These are groups in charge of organising and setting up the Fallas Fiesta. They take their names from the intersection of streets or squares where they set up their Fallas monument.
The Committee’s members pay a monthly fee that entitles them to take part in countless activities, competitions, celebrations and events throughout the whole year.

Crida 2006

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Fallera Mayor of Valencia de 2008

The revered figure of the Fallas Queen acquires more importance than the President of the Fallas Commission himself. She is chosen from among the young ladies belonging to the Commission.

She will have her own Court of Honour comprising a selection of graceful young ladies. All this is arranged long before the actual festivity in what is known as the “exaltation”, or the election of the Adult and Child Queens and their Courts. Read the rest of this entry »

The "plantà"

This is a term in Valencian which, in translation, means something like “finishing touches”. It is actually the moment when the Falla’s top part is finally put in place. Since the Fallas are higher and more spectacular every year, the positioning of these pieces has become a difficult task which may take several days and which is observed with great expectation by dozens of onlookers.

Over time, the expression has become generalised: the “plantà” is now taken to be the exact moment when the Falla is completely finished and ready to be visited, with all its “ninots”, posters and various details (grass, lights, explanatory signs, etc.)

This takes place on the night of March 15th

Fallas from Valencia