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Our Lady of the Forsaken Part 2: Insanity & Parades

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 12, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals
  • Post comments:6 Comments

This weekend it was all about the Virgin. Thousands upon thousands of people took part in the various events which we previewed last Friday. Here's the second of two parts…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken Part 1: History & The Dance

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 12, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals/Photography
  • Post comments:2 Comments

This weekend it was all about the Virgin. Thousands upon thousands of people took part in the various events which we previewed last Friday. Here's the first of two parts…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken 2009 – Events

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 8, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Entertainment/Festivals
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This weekend, Valencia celebrates a festival in honor of its official patron saint, Our Lady of the Forsaken (Mare de Deu dels Desamparats, in Valencian). Here's a preview of some…

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Fallas 2009: The Flower Offering to the Virgin

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 23, 2009
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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Getting around the city is a tricky affair on the 17th and 18th of March. On these two days, over 100,000 falleros, falleras and musicians from all around the Valencian…

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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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