Valencia doesn’t celebrate New Year’s Eve with a ton of fireworks or a large event of any sort, which is completely out of character for this otherwise gunpowder obsessed, partying city. But for a few minutes on New Year’s Day, enough noise is generated to make up for it.
The New Year’s Mascletà, held [...]

It has been awhile since our last Mascletà. And this one was worth the wait! Fallas 2010… already looking forward to it.

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October 9th is the Day of the Valencian Community, kind of like 4th of July in the States. Though, I suppose it’s different, because it’s a celebration for a specific Spanish state and not the country as a whole. We don’t have any equivalent holiday for just Ohio (where I’m from). But then again, [...]

Today at 2pm, pyrotechnic company Vicente Caballer staged a special mascletà in the Plaza de Ayuntamiento, in honor of the day of Our Lady of the Forsaken. That old gal, she sure do love some firecracker!

The huge metal cage which normally encloses mascletàs (and protects the public) was not there today. And the [...]

On our way home from the final mascletà of Fallas 2009 at the Ayuntamiento, we walked right into a small street mascletà, set up on Calle de Adresadors.

“Cute!”, we thought. “This ought to be an enjoyable, light finale. These little firecrackers are colorful and non-threatening!”

Oh… how wrong. We stood no further [...]