Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Fallas 2009 - Ofrenda de las Flores (Offering of the Flowers)

Fallas is not just one big pyro-happy pagan spring festival... in true Catholic form the locals manage to mix in a little religon. For two straight days (beginning at 4 pm each day and continuing until well after midnight) everyone (literally) dresses up in their traditional outifits and parades through the city grouped by neighborhood.
The end result is a huge flower statue of the Madona in the beautiful Plaza de la Virgen.
Bridget, me & Carolyn - and the flowers!

For Isabella...maybe next year...?

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