Fallas 2010: Exposición – 9th Place
A free-fall in the final standings for Exposición-Mícer Mascó, who finished in 4th place last year, and 3rd in 2008. And what can you say... they didn't deserve much better…
Fallas 2010: Duque de Calabria – 8th Place
The Special Section monument closest to our apartment wasn't one of the most celebrated. But Duque de Calabria's ode to eavesdropping still had a lot of great aspects. "But Don't…
Fallas 2010: Na Jordana – 7th Place
Na Jordana's monument impressed most in the evening hours, when its haunted mansion and creepy figures were lit up and given an extra air of spookiness. https://vimeo.com/10773203 The motto this…
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…
Fallas 2010: Almirante Cadarso – 3rd Place
Continuing our look at the special section monuments of Fallas 2010, we arrive at the Canovas corner of Almirante Cadarso and Conde de Altea. A fat cat in a leather…
Fallas 2010: Nou Campanar – 2nd Place
With a monument ringing in at over $1.6 million, the Fallas commission Nou Campanar apparently wasn't affected by the world's financial crisis. Their's was most expensive Fallas monument ever, displayed…
Fallas 2010: Bullfight on March 19th
https://vimeo.com/10384904 We took my dad, a lifelong fan of Hemingway, to his first bullfight on the last day of Fallas, squeezing into the stadium's tiny bench seats as best we…
Fallas 2010: The Winner
https://vimeo.com/10373591 After 6 years of dominance by Nou Campanar, the judges of Fallas' "Special Section" monuments have crowned a new champion. Ladies and Gentleman, put your hands together for Convento…
Fallas 2010: La Ofrenda
During the last couple days of Fallas, thousands of falleras from all over the province make a pilgrimage to Valencia's Plaza de la Virgen to deliver flowers to Our Lady…
Fallas 2010: The Nit de Foc
https://vimeo.com/10285276 The Night of Fire is one of the most eagerly anticipated events during Fallas. Thousands of people gather around the Paseo de la Alameda at the ungodly hour of…