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March 16, 2012:Fallas and Mascletades: Festival of Noise

The Structure of Mascleta

structure of mascleta composition

Schedule of a mascletá, as proposed on the book 'Pirotecnia en Valencia' of Ferriols, Pagola and Solá

Where we walked. Starting at the Train Station - and ending at Lucia and Juanmi's parents flat

For Josh - a paella setup for his lab - and for Rachel - lots of alleys and small streets. For Mike and Jack - a few interesting photos - the most interesting is taking a silhouette of the last Fallas with the sun just barely visible which made a star-like diffraction pattern.

mar 16 3342 fallas

These fallas are constructed during the year for display this weekend - then on Monday night - all but the winner are burned.

mar 16 3345 big nose fallas

The detail is pretty amazing - so many craftsmen and artists in Valencia?

mar 16 3361 two fallas

Church

mar 16 3374 church

Supposedly a poke at bankers and the financial crash of 2008

mar 16 3384 banker

Quite unusual - a mirror

mar 16 3386 mirror

More political satire

mar 16 3403 disgusted fallas

And the start of the gallery of Rachel's alleys

mar 16 3406 alley

Another

mar 16 3408 alley

Big guys

mar 16 3416 big guys

Supergirl

mar 16 3420 supergirl

The central market

mar 16 3422 market

Sword man

mar 16 3426 sword man

Alley

mar 16 3430 alley

Inside a church

mar 16 3433 inside church

mar 16 3435 inside church

Alley

mar 16 3436 alley

Leaning woman

mar 16 3440 leaning woman

Alley

mar 16 3443 alley

Alley

mar 16 3449 alley

Little guys

mar 16 3450 little guys

I really like this - in the middle of all the noise is this quiet church with quite interesting lighting

mar 16 3452 inside church

Church

mar 16 3456 church

Tower - looking up

mar 16 3460 tower looking up

On Friday night - each group that built their fallas bring flowers and they are arranged on this structure

mar 16 3467 virgin for flowers

Fountain guys

mar 16 3476 fountain guys

Alleys for Rach

mar 16 3486 alley

Another

mar 16 3488 alley

Alley shadows

mar 16 3492 alley shadows

Alley

mar 16 3494 alley

and another

mar 16 3496 alley

and another

mar 16 3499 alley

and another

mar 16 3501 alley

Castle wall

mar 16 3504 castle wall

Orange alley

mar 16 3506 orange alley

Kind of funky

mar 16 3507 white lady

Makeup lady 1

mar 16 3509 makeup lady

Makeup lady 2

mar 16 3510 makeup lady

Makeup lady 3

mar 16 3511 makeup lady

Tatoo man

mar 16 3518 tatoo man

Painter

mar 16 3520 painter

Tatooed Lady

mar 16 3521 tatoo man

Traditional dress for the old times

mar 16 3524 traditional dress

Band

mar 16 3526 band

Tower

mar 16 3527 tower

Going in the gate

mar 16 3531 in gate

Emerging from the gate

mar 16 3533 out gate

Alley

mar 16 3537 alley

Oriental lady and a sea horse

mar 16 3548 fallas

Quite interesting - an oriental lady

mar 16 3552 oriental lady

Lights

mar 16 3565 lights

The crowd before the Mascleta - to the left

mar 16 3575 mascleta crowd

Crowd to the center

mar 16 3577 mascleta crowd

Crowd to the left

mar 16 3583 mascleta crowd

A sort of people fountain

mar 16 3588 people fountain

For reference: the Structure of Mascleta

structure of mascleta composition

Schedule of a mascletá, as proposed on the book 'Pirotecnia en Valencia' of Ferriols, Pagola and Solá

The video of 16 March Mascleta

After lunch and more walking- a street paella maker. Nice setup for Josh and make Mike and Maybe Jack

mar 16 3604 paella maker

Chefs at work

mar 16 3605 making paella

And more alleys for Rach

mar 16 3611 alley

Fallas

mar 16 3612 fallas

Steeple

mar 16 3613 steeple

Alley

mar 16 3617 alley

Yellow street

mar 16 3622 yellow street

another alley

mar 16 3625 alley

and yet another alley - lots of small passages in old Valencia

mar 16 3627 alley

Yellow street

mar 16 3631 yellow street

another alley

mar 16 3633 alley

and another

mar 16 3637 alley

and another

mar 16 3640 alley

Festival food - a sort of donut and chocolate dip

mar 16 3642 festival food

Leonardo and his ideas

mar 16 3653 divinci

another view

mar 16 3655 leonardo

Leonardo and his inventions

mar 16 3660 leonardo inventions

Another view

mar 16 3661 leonardo

Walking to Juanmi's and Lucia's parents' place - we passed under a bridge designed by Calatrava

mar 16 3663 calatrava bridge

Bridge lights

mar 16 3666 bridge lights

A very complex falla

mar 16 3670 complex falla

Cubist man

mar 16 3676 angle man

Empty street

mar 16 3687 empty street

Chocalate factory

mar 16 3691 chocolate factory

Playing with light - and fallas silhuettes

mar 16 3694 fallas sun

Last Fallas

mar 16 3708 last fallas

Adam and Eve

mar 16 3714 adam eve

Bow and Arrow - could not find a bird though

mar 16 3715 fallas bow arrow

Playing with the sun

mar 16 3724 fallas sun

With the sun barely exposed - a starburst diffraction

mar 16 3727 fallas star

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C. Frank Starmer

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