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THE FALLAS

The fallas it is the popular denomination of the holidays/parties josefinas, in honour to San Jose. His origins are really simple, a simple burning of talleres of the workshops of carpentry. But the inventiveness of the Valencian people him has been agglutinating all the proper features of his culture and history.
It might say that they are the carnivals of the city of Valencia.

Mascletà, cremà and other celebrations

La despertà: a brass band marches through a small street in the early morning. Falleres in their dresses march with the band.The days and nights in Valencia are one running party during the two weeks of Falles. If you come to Valencia during Fallas, don't expect to sleep much. Your day will begin at 8am with la despertà. You'll be lying in bed trying to recover from last night's partying when it starts. Brass bands will appear from the casals and begin to march down every road playing lively music.

History:There are a few different theories regarding the origin of the Falles festival. One theory suggests that the Falles started in the Middle Ages, when artisans put out their broken artifacts and pieces of wood that they sorted during the winter then burnt them to celebrate the spring equinox.