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Night of the burning fallas

Agencies Published March 20, 2014
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, early Thursday, March 20. – Photo by AP
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, early Thursday, March 20. – Photo by AP
A firefighter sprays water as effigies burn during the finale of the Fallas festival, which welcomes spring and honours Saint Joseph's Day, in Valencia, early March 20. – Photo by Reuters
A firefighter sprays water as effigies burn during the finale of the Fallas festival, which welcomes spring and honours Saint Joseph's Day, in Valencia, early March 20. – Photo by Reuters
Satirical sculptures burn on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
Satirical sculptures burn on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
A satirical sculpture burns during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
A satirical sculpture burns during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19. – Photo by AP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP
A satirical sculpture burns on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 19. – Photo by AFP

Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city. 'Fallas' are gigantic structures made of cardboard portraying current events and personalities in which individual figures called 'Ninots' are placed. The Fallas are burnt in the streets of Valencia as a tribute to St Joseph, the patron saint of the carpenters'guild.

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