Some atypical failures that shed a ray of hope.
One more year, Valencia is forced to say goodbye to the Fallas . However, experience leads to innovation and this 2021, the Valencians were not going to sit idly by. This year, the Fallas are passed to the screen to reach everyone . They're going to do it with a calendar of online activities which intends to honor the artisans, local commerce and traditions which includes one of the festivals that gives meaning to the month of March.
It's time to stay home and we have more than learned the lesson, that's why Visit València has launched the campaign "More falleros than ever" . A message full of emotion that encourages all the inhabitants not to lose joy and hope before a cultural heritage that still has to wait.
Until March 20, Valencians will be able to feel more united than ever from home . But not only that, but the rest of the party lovers or those who have not yet had the opportunity to meet her will also feel part of it. a tradition and customs that are already part of the whole world.
VIRTUAL FAILURES
In this unusual modus operandi , the different tourism organizations and the rest of the members have wanted to do everything possible to experience some failures that are close to a strange, but hopeful, normality. This year, the plantà, the act that marks the beginning of the fallera week, becomes more sentimental than usual.
On March 15, the beginning of the festival looks towards local businesses and Fallas artists . With "The showcase of the Fallas", the Guild of Fallas Artists, together with the Fallas commissions, they will exhibit the ninots and the rest of the components in the shops of different neighborhoods . This initiative is a way of thanking the support that the latter have always shown towards tradition, a way to return what was received.
This will be the starting signal for a coming week loaded with customs. On the same March 15, you can also enjoy "Designing fire", a live workshop in which the process of creating a fault is discovered from the hand of a fallero artist and his designer. you can even become your own artist with the “Tu ninot de Paper” workshop , on March 17. In it, our manual dexterity will come to light as two monitors teach us how to create a paper ninot.
plans continue with a homemade flower offering during March 17 and 18 . The Central Fallera Board will share on their social networks a downloadable Virgin of the Forsaken , so that each one makes the personal offering of it. And to this is added the gathering “Being a Fallero and an Artist” in which great figures of the party will participate.
And finally, on March 19, A particular, but long-awaited, mascletà will arrive, in the form of a song , the work of the Valencian DJ Alex Font. To finish, this year's cremà is starred by a group of popularizers of the fallera party , in a conversation in which the most important creams of Valencia will be reviewed.
AND MUCH MORE...
Since these failures are going to be more melancholy than usual, At least make them longer! From Visit València they have not wanted to close to a single week. From now on, you can connect and get involved in the rest of the activities that they have prepared for the whole family and from which you will leave, for sure, with a master's degree in Fallas.
The pandemic has marked the Fallas, but has not been able to stop them.
The Hemisfèric projects, from March 1, the first documentary about the Fallas in 3D: 3D Flames, history of a failure , an open door to the interior of the parties. For those who are more into music than cinema, they will create a joint playlist with the public with a compilation of the most falleras songs.
By March 7, the celebration is in charge of the gastronomy and the protagonists will be the pumpkin fritters , which will be served on the terraces. And, how could it be otherwise, on the 8th, the Fallas will have the look of a woman , with a tribute to the falleras, the pyrotechnics, clothing makers, goldsmiths, musicians, falleras artists and other participants.
And so, they continue with the publications of the magazine El Turista Fallero, questionnaires to find out if you really know Valencian clothing, or exhibitions that bring together tradition and innovation at the Center del Carme Cultura Contemporània. As many of us have already put into practice during the quarantine, the Fallera Central Board invites Valencians to turn their balconies into protagonists again, filling them with Fallas elements, such as blouses and scarves.
They have even left room for solidarity. When the Fallas of 2020 were suspended, the fallera community created regalaunninot.com . On this website, you can order your favorite ninot, either personalized or previously prepared embodying characters like Mafalda or Baby Yoda.
Valencia has not wanted to stay even one more year without Fallas . The activities can be followed through social networks with the hashtags #mesfallersquemai and #fallesvirtuals . In this way, the Fallas cross the borders of the community to sneak into our houses and not miss one of the most beloved parties in the country.