The first days of the festival are dedicated to assembling the giant Fallas by the Casals (Fallas Guilds)

It takes a year to build these Fallas, the cost is high and in one night they are gone

The Fallas are worked on all year and then put up in a few days only to be destroyed on the last day of the festival

The Fallas are constructed with wood, paper mache and styrofoam

Some Fallas are over three stories tall

Marc gets a close up on this bad girl

One day of the festival is devoted to making a flower offering to the patron Saint of Valencia, Our Lady of the Forsaken.

Each Cassel (Falllas Guild)  in the city bring flowers to the Plaza de la Virgin to place on the giant wooden Saint.

Mari-Carmen Belda Ruiz is the Fallera Mayor of Falla Francia, she is making her flower offering to the Virgin

Bouquets of flowers are tossed up and placed onto "Our of Lady of the Forsaken" This goes on all day and into the night. 

Every day during the festival in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento gunpowder explosions rock the air in a noise display.  

The crowds fill the plaza for the 2pm bombastics

Smoke from the aerial bombs turns daylight to dusk

Our sound person Celeste captures the blasts

It is loud!

For 3 nights there is a massive fireworks competition that usually begins around midnight.

Marc has a great spot for filming the fireworks