Las Fallas: Hundreds of sculptures burn during Valencia festival

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Valencia was burning on Wednesday as the Spanish city celebrated the end of its annual five-day festival known as Las Fallas. Las Fallas, which translates to the fires in the Valencian Spanish dialect, focusses on the creation and destruction of paper mache puppets and dolls called ninots. Fireworks kicked off the hour-long burning ceremony where hundreds of sculptures were set alight, much to the delight of the thousands of locals and tourists who gathered to watch. Each year the districts of Valencia build a larger sculpture called a Falla, which takes the entire year to design, paint and build. Las Fallas festival is thought to have originated from a pagan festival celebrating the end of winter, but is also considered to be a homage to Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. Report by Laurie Blake.

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