Las Fallas

E70378

cultural event intangible cultural heritage traditional festival

Las Fallas is a famous traditional festival in Valencia, Spain, known for its elaborate satirical sculptures, street parties, fireworks, and the ceremonial burning of large papier-mâché monuments.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bonfires of Saint John in Alicante	1
Fallas de Valencia	1
Fallas festival	1
Fallas of Valencia	1
La Mascletà	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural event ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Las Fallas ⓘ surface form: Fallas de Valencia Falles ⓘ
associatedWith	gunpowder culture in Valencia ⓘ
attracts	tourists from around the world ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
culminatesOn	19 March ⓘ
economicImpactOn	Valencia ⓘ
finalNightName	La Cremà ⓘ
governedBy	Junta Central Fallera ⓘ
hasEvent	La Cremà ⓘ Las Fallas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: La Mascletà La Plantà ⓘ Nit del Foc ⓘ Ofrenda de flores ⓘ
hasSelection	Fallera Mayor de Valencia ⓘ
honors	Saint Joseph ⓘ
includes	parades ⓘ street food stalls ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ traditional music ⓘ
inscribedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
knownFor	ceremonial burning of monuments ⓘ firecrackers ⓘ fireworks ⓘ large papier-mâché monuments ⓘ satirical sculptures ⓘ street parties ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ Valencian ⓘ
locatedIn	Valencia ⓘ
mainCity	Valencia ⓘ
mainDates	15 March – 19 March ⓘ
mainMonumentsCalled	fallas ⓘ
material	papier-mâché ⓘ polystyrene ⓘ wood ⓘ
participantsCalled	falleras ⓘ falleros ⓘ
region	Valencian Community ⓘ
religiousOrigin	Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: feast of Saint Joseph
smallerMonumentsCalled	ninots ⓘ
theme	current events ⓘ political satire ⓘ social satire ⓘ
typicalMonth	March ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2016 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Las Fallas → alsoKnownAs → Las Fallas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fallas de Valencia

Las Fallas → hasEvent → Las Fallas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Mascletà

Valencia → hasFestival → Las Fallas ⓘ

Valencian Community → hasMajorFestival → Las Fallas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fallas of Valencia

Valencian Community → hasMajorFestival → Las Fallas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonfires of Saint John in Alicante

Valencian Community → hasUNESCOIntangibleHeritage → Las Fallas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fallas festival