{"id":17087,"date":"2019-03-14T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T12:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/?p=17087"},"modified":"2020-09-28T08:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T06:41:17","slug":"my-first-fallas-mesmerized-by-la-crema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/en\/my-first-fallas-mesmerized-by-la-crema\/","title":{"rendered":"My first Fallas: mesmerized by La Crem\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final night of Fallas was absolutely unbelievable<\/strong>. Throughout my time Valencia I had never seen the streets busier before, there was almost no space to move in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento<\/strong> as it drew closer to 10pm when it was finally time to set the first Fallas<\/a> ablaze for one final celebration during the festival in La Crem\u00e0<\/strong>. However there was much more to come; for the main event we all had to stand with our breaths held in until 1 am.<\/p>\n

\"\"The burning of the first fallas and the first fireworks was welcomed by everyone<\/strong> in the crowd but we all knew that was not why all of us were there. Yet,\u00a0people continued to\u00a0<\/strong>cheer proudly as the sculptures crumbled<\/strong> and fell<\/strong> and many who could not control their excitement were climbing up walls!<\/p>\n

The excitement was absolutely electric ,the anxious and jittery chatter of the crowd surrounded me on all sides, and I could not help but be taken up by it<\/strong>. Towards the end I could barely even stand straight because of the contagious<\/strong> impatience that flowed throughout the crowd as we restlessly waited for the main event.<\/p>\n

On 19 March all of the sculptures in the city, both those in the large and the children\u2019s categories, go up in flames.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was finally time… and there was an almost microscopic moment where everyone in the crowd fell silent as all the lights suddenly went off<\/strong> followed by an almost unanimous, thunderous scream of excitement from everyone in the crowd as the time finally came for the burning of the final “Falla”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The flames\u00a0engulfed the statue almost too quickly\u00a0and the instant barrage of fireworks and music\u00a0empowered\u00a0the moment\u00a0even further and soon the flames had completely engulfed the Falla and scorched<\/strong> the air above. The skies had become a smoky red color and I felt completely hypnotized by the moment as the flames grew higher, the fireworks louder and the people more and more enthralled <\/strong>by everything around them.<\/p>\n

When the flames finally died off and everything stopped, most of the people including myself were still standing all in awe<\/strong> of the moment, it was truly a spectacular<\/strong> and iconic moment for all of and most all of us were truly moved<\/strong> by what we had just witnessed.<\/p>\n