When cultural heritage meets environmental sustainability: a look at Valencia’s Fallas.
<p>Smoke, flames and firemen, people are having fun. Yes, you got it right, it’s <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/valencia-fallas-festivity-00859" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Las Fallas de Valencia</em>,</a> a Spanish traditional celebration mostly known for lighting up bonfires all around the city.</p>
<p><img alt="Firemen putting out the flames during the celebration" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*XXtsqC7Snp6qemL66Ro4BA.jpeg" style="height:394px; width:700px" /></p>
<p>Firemen putting out the flames during the celebration in Valencia</p>
<p>To be more precise, it’s a street party running from March 15 to 19 for which sculptures made of firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché together with wax, wood, and polystyrene foam are constructed; it consists of satirical caricature pieces about contemporary social issues. They’re burnt on the last day of celebration to symbolize the coming of spring and the renewal of community social activity.</p>
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