Fallas have to be set up tomorrow at 8 o'clock - today is for children's fallas. This particular one is very close to my house. It's just little and quite humble (there are different categories, this one is in one of the lower ones), but I love how the kids help making it. All dummies, but the big central one, have been made by the little ones. Fallas in higher categories are prettier, more complex and bigger (within a set limit for kid's ones), not to mention more expensive, but I like the fact that neighbourhood kids work in their own fallas, you can't imagine how very proud they are.
How interesting! I've tried googling what a Little Falla is, but to no avail? Is it a bit like a giant Mr Potato Head meets Betty Spaghetti sort of thing? Whatever it is, it seems like a fun idea!
@busylady I've googled and found Fallas Festival. I'm still not sure what a "Falla" is, but if you Google images it, these dummy things are massive and incredible! All different, but all in the same abstract style! It's really interesting!
@rensala I've googled and found Fallas Festival. I'm still not sure what a "Falla" is, but if you Google images it, these dummy things are massive and incredible! All different, but all in the same abstract style! It's really interesting!
All though this might be a small one, I love the colors and the details! They have a good reason to be proud! You should tell them that people all over the world saw this in your project!
@busylady@rensala@tiredpanda@ingrid01@merrelyn@mittens Thanks a lot for your nice comments.
The Fallas festival is our main festival, it's held in March 16th -19th every year. There are lots of different events in this festival, but they all revolve around the Fallas, which are these massive sculptures (see my post today of a big one, this one is really tiny) made of wood, cardboard and sadly, nowadays, styrofoam. Every falla has a topic (here it's art), and it's made up of a big central body and some scenes surrounding it; the "adult" ones are satirical, and criticise absolutely everything and everyone. On the night from the 19th to the 20th of March, they are all burnt. It symbolises burning the things we don't like, and the cold weather, and welcoming new beginnings, and the new spring.
The Fallas festival is our main festival, it's held in March 16th -19th every year. There are lots of different events in this festival, but they all revolve around the Fallas, which are these massive sculptures (see my post today of a big one, this one is really tiny) made of wood, cardboard and sadly, nowadays, styrofoam. Every falla has a topic (here it's art), and it's made up of a big central body and some scenes surrounding it; the "adult" ones are satirical, and criticise absolutely everything and everyone. On the night from the 19th to the 20th of March, they are all burnt. It symbolises burning the things we don't like, and the cold weather, and welcoming new beginnings, and the new spring.