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Free Concerts for Fallas 2008

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 29, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Music/Things to Do/Tips & Tricks
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There are a series of free concerts during Fallas, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of March, taking place in the Turia riverbed near the Serranos Towers, and in the…

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Valencian Vocab: La Cridà

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 25, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Festivals/Photography/Vocab
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At 7:45pm, on the last Sunday of February, Las Fallas festival is officially inaugurated. We went last night and stood in the rain with thousands of cheering, singing and shouting…

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Know Your Bull-Slaughtering: Vocab

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 13, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas/Festivals/Sports/Things to Do/Vocab
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Las Fallas are coming up, and with it a full season of events at the Plaza de Toros. Here are a few words of vocabulary, which will help you chat…

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Valencian Vocab: Mascletá

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 10, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas/Festivals/Vocab
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Last Saturday, I was awoken at 8am by the sound of rifles and church bells. The guns fired every five minutes and the bells sounded uninterrupted for an hour. I…

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