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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

Sueca lamps

Although at the beginning of March one can see pieces of monumental figurines wrapped in transparent plastic being transported around the city,many streets are adorned with lights and garlands, and fireworks displays are staged at midday in various parts of the city, Fallas Week per se officially runs from 12th to 19th March. The week’sprogramme includes the “Parade of the Ninot”, with its carnival-like atmosphere; the folklorish “Parade of the Kingdom”, with groups of serenaders and dancing troupes from various districts of Castellón, Alicante and Valencia performing in the streets; presentations and exultations of fallas in theatres and dance halls around the town; until on 15th March the fallas monuments are actually erected in the streets. As of that day, Valencia no longer sleeps at night – not until late in the night of the 19th, after everything finishes. Read the rest of this entry »