Valencia - Fiesta and Folklore
The city of Valencia is best known for its rollicking festivals and especially for its spectacular fireworks, which have developed here to an art of its own. In Valencia people spend a whole year building a pyrotechnical work of art which then will burn down in one single night. This shows the character of the population, who really enjoy the moment and celebrate each festival as if it were the last one.
The most important of the festivals in Valencia is certainly the Fallas de San José, a celebration of the beginning of springtime. In all the town one will see impressive cardboard constructions which will be burned on the last day of the festival (19th March).
For Feria de Julio (in July) all Valencia is decorated with a sea of flowers. Again there are dancing parties, fireworks and some of the most important bullfights of Spain. At October, 9th, the Day of Comunidad Valenciana, there are commemorations of the reconquest of the town from the Moors.
Another typical festival is the “Fiesta de la Mocaorá", an event in particular beloved by gourmets: specially for it are prepared those traditional specialities of marzipan, Piuletes and Tronadors.
