The wonderful Fallas!

So these are what fallas look like... There were soooo many! Here's a look at some of the 100s that I saw. Some of them had descriptions which were all in Valenciano so I couldn't understand them :( They're made out of wood, styrofoam, plastic, and some type of paper mache material. They seemed to be hollow on the inside but heavy enough to stay up without cables or anything holding them to the ground. The fallas start going up around March 13. Cranes are used for the super tall ones, and then by 8 am on March 16th they are fully completed!

Adam & Eve, Isaac Newton, Steve Jobs... can you guess the theme?

This one is in the main plaza and funded by the public, not a specific neighborhood. The theme is tourism. Slightly offensive...

This is the American tourist... hmmmm... (his arm was fixed before March 16th)

Close up of the one above

Yep, he's a little inappropriate for children to be seeing

I thought this one was so cute

This is a specialty falla. There are different categories and the ones that don't look like the same style as the others are in the "Specialty" category.

My fave and the biggest one that was about 100 ft tall... The Trojan Horse.

 

This one won some prizes... why? I'm not sure, I couldn't read the Valenciano.

Meet Katherine, one of my fave people that I've met on this trip. She's not even a part of our group! I randomly met her and her sister in a coffee shop near my dorm. They're from Atlanta, how random! Friends para siempre! lol Oh yea, how cute is this falla? she's a fallera!

¡Que guay!