{"id":2522,"date":"2011-03-25T16:05:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T20:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2011-03-28T16:01:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:01:46","slug":"las-fallas-de-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/las-fallas-de-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Fallas de Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hace pocos d\u00edas, entre el 15 y el 19 de marzo, Valencia se visti\u00f3 de fiesta. Ilumin\u00f3 sus noches con fuegos artificiales, y adorn\u00f3 sus calles con los famosos ninots. Esto ha sido durante las \u201cFallas\u201d, fiesta popular por excelencia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Aunque hay diversas opiniones, me quedo con la que afirma que la palabra Falla proviene del vocablo latino \u201cfacula\u201d, que significa antorcha, y que ya aparece en nuestros escritos moz\u00e1rabes. El origen de esta fiesta tiene ra\u00edces antiguas, desde los d\u00edas en que para iluminar las costar por la noche, se encend\u00eda fogatas.\u00a0 En ciudades costeras como Valencia, tambi\u00e9n se usaban como medio de comunicaci\u00f3n: los fuegos en las almenas al atardecer indicaban que era hora de volver a casa, o avisaban de ataques de los piratas berberiscos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">La tradici\u00f3n cuenta que las fallas nacieron gracias a un carpintero ingenioso. Estos se alumbraban con unos candiles de pie llamados parot, al que alguien decidi\u00f3 un d\u00eda colgar trapos viejos como si se tratase de un espantap\u00e1jaros. Otra mente audaz decidi\u00f3 colgar un cartel haciendo cr\u00edtica graciosa de cualquier asunto. Y de esta forma surgieron los ninots, figuras art\u00edsticas que adornar\u00e1n las calles hasta que finalmente sean consumidas por las llamas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Entre fuegos artificiales, la masclet\u00e1 (espect\u00e1culo ruidos a base de petardos), m\u00fasica y jolgorio se pasa la semana. Acto de gran relevancia es la ofrenda a la patrona, ya que esta fiesta como tantas otras se cristianiz\u00f3, presidida por la fallera mayor. Tras esto, el d\u00eda de San Jos\u00e9, llegar\u00e1 el momento culmen con la \u201ccrem\u00e1\u201d, la gran hoguera. Los visitantes posiblemente creer\u00e1n una locura que los valencianos arrojen al fuego el trabajo al que dedican meses, pero ese realmente es el alma de la fiesta. Hoy d\u00eda es tan solo un espect\u00e1culo, pero esta acci\u00f3n sigue manteniendo un sentido de sacrificio y renovaci\u00f3n. Por algo ser\u00e1 que esta fiesta se celebra en d\u00edas cercanos al equinoccio de primavera.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fallas Festival Valencia Spain 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/saWStP4AqSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few days ago, between 15 and March 19, Valencia turned out on its finest. It illuminated its nights with fireworks, and adorned its streets with the famous \u201cninots\u201d. This has been during the &#8220;Fallas&#8221;, a popular festivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although there are diverse opinions, I prefer the one that says that the word \u201cFallas\u201d comes from the Latin word &#8220;facula&#8221;, which means torch, which appears in our Mozarabic writings. The origin of this holiday has ancient roots, from the days in which to illuminate the coast at night, they burnt bonfires. In coastal cities as Valencia, they were also used as way of communication: the fires in the battlements late in the afternoons indicated that it was time to come back home, or warned of assaults of the Berber pirates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tradition tells that the Fallas were born thanks to an ingenious carpenter. They lit themselves by a kind of floor oil-lamp called parot, and one day someone decided to hang old rags as if it was a scarecrow. Another bold mind decided to hang a cartel with some funny criticism about any matter. And from them came into being the ninots, artistic figures that will adorn the streets until they are finally consumed by the flames.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With \u00a0fireworks, the masclet\u00e1 (noisy show based on firecrackers), music and merriment the week goes by. One act of great relevancy is the Offering to the Patron Saint, (as this holiday was also Christianized) presided by the major fallera. After this, the day of San Jose, the crowning moment will with the &#8220;crem\u00e1&#8221;, the great bonfire. The visitors possibly will believe mad that the Valencian people throw to the fire the work to which they have \u00a0dedicate months, but this is really the life and soul of the holiday. Today it is only a show, but this action continues supporting a sense of sacrifice and renovation. But maybe it is meaningful that this holiday is celebrated in the days next to the spring equinox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hace pocos d\u00edas, entre el 15 y el 19 de marzo, Valencia se visti\u00f3 de fiesta. Ilumin\u00f3 sus noches con fuegos artificiales, y adorn\u00f3 sus calles con los famosos ninots. Esto ha sido durante las \u201cFallas\u201d, fiesta popular por excelencia. 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