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Fallas 2010: Duque de Calabria – 8th Place

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 20, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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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…

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Fallas 2010: Sueca – 4th Place

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 5, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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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…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 18th

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  • Post published:March 19, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10267301 Today's mascletà, by Ricardo Caballer, was my parents first and it was a great one! The weather wasn't beautiful, but the fireworks made up for it... the finale set…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 17th

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  • Post published:March 18, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10241112 There was a huge crowd gathered for Pirotecnia Valenciana's mascletà on the 17th... the sun was shining, and it was finally warm enough to get away with just a…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 13th

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  • Post published:March 13, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10139679 A huge crowd was on hand for today's mascletà, set off by the company Crespo. The sun was shining and people seemed to really appreciate the show. But Valencia's…

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Fallas: Mascletà March 12th

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  • Post published:March 12, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10122923 "Movin on up!" Nope, not The Jeffersons, but the Hermanos Caballer! Last year, they handled the March 7th mascletà, but in 2010 -- March 12th! That's a generous recognition…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 8th

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  • Post published:March 9, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/10014614 Today, the world is celebrating the Day of the Woman, and this afternoon's mascletà kept with the theme -- pyrotechnic company Martí (Burriana) is led by a woman. And...…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 5th

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  • Post published:March 5, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/9942106 Today's mascletà was insanely loud. I don't know what happened; I thought I was just being whiny and sensitive, but when I looked around, everyone else in the crowd…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 2nd

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  • Post published:March 2, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/9860104 As you'll see in the video above, this Mascletà came straight out of hell. It was just plain sick (mostly, in a good way) and was so intense it…

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Exposicio Del Ninot 2009

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  • Post published:February 13, 2009
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Welcome to the 75th Ninot Exhibition. I moved to Valencia almost exactly a year ago; back then I had no idea what Fallas or Ninots were. But I have learned…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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