Fallas 2010: Sueca – 4th Place

A large Valencian man sleeps on the ground, dreaming of the world, in the monument of Sueca-Literato Azorín, titled “Planet Fallas”. Around and on top of him, we find characters from Scotland, the US, Mexico, Japan, India and other countries.

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This was a really fun monument; the portrayal of different cultures always provides a lot of opportunity for clever humor (and some good ‘ole Fallas-style racism). We saw a mutli-cutural paella competition, Nadal vs. Federer with an old Fallera judge, and various world leaders. There was a lot to look at.

This was the first monument my parents saw, and they loved it. For the commission, it marked a major improvement on their 9th place 2009 finish.

sleeping-fallerao
valencia-flame-of-freedom
urbi-et-orbi
statue-of-liberty
british-tea-valencia
scotish-tuba
african-paella
parcheesi-breasts
nadal-federer
perro-fallera
sponge-bob-fallas
penis-god
breast-accident
hamlet-valencia
rita-barbera-fallas
zapatero-sueca
barack-obama-USA
angela-merkel-spanien
mona-lisa-fallera-valencia
american-churros
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