Falla monument
falla monumento fallero artistic monument usually large three twenty meter height sometimes higher composed figure called ninots typically encircle one bigger central figure called remates falla placed street falles festival valencia spain town festival inspired monument usually deal satirical subject connected recent news public controversy covered poster word verse statement humorous nature monument made combustible material cardboard wood paper clothing expanded polystyrene etc burned street show day medieval valencian word falla named torch placed top watchtower word derived latin facula torch llibre dels feits stated troop king james aragon carried falla light way material origin monumento fallero burning waste carpenter private home say came popular festivity local guild often child eve saint joseph festivity patron saint woodworker guild made collection thing cattail chair old furniture broom grass mat eve saint joseph festivity patron saint woodworker guild falla festivity different hogueras de san juan example alicante held throughout europe bonfire hogueras de san antonio also typical valencia specific quality falla come fact festival particular neighbourhood local take opportunity criticize creation first rudimentary figure came burlesque satirical poster criticism often directed municipal power church state first stage festivity range uncertain beginning last decade nineteenth century day ninots made waste paper wood cardboard around turn century first ninots cloth body head hand made wax appeared creation take lot work say figure fallero artist born period last s–s stage transformation festivity appearance mold cardboard figure technique allowed building higher monument come almost present day still used especially smaller ninots falla lower budget advantage inside disadvantage mold technique possibility making ninot indefinitely therefore falla bigger budget made original mold every year used others lower price following year finally appeared technique expanded polystyrene styrofoam lighter weight allows height monument requires greater innovation design monument high often meter specific technique developed build step prepare draft perhaps scale model must approved comisión fallera committee formed group people support finance falla neighborhood valencia hire artist structure scaffold constructed wood material cardboard wax cloth etc used though year ago could use wire currently material prohibited junta central fallera regulates coordinate festivity ninots traditionally constructed mold usually made plaster filled pulp painted drying today convenience ease use new material used porespan resin fiberglass new material make monument lighter falla artist take risk create bold innovative form many people criticize new material referred white cork since black smoke give burning monument mean combustion cant seen clearly pollution new material cause also criticised comparison supposedly lighter pollution traditional material polytechnic university valencia carried study seems prove contrary white cork less polluting traditional material student falla manuel sanchis ambrós carried study assured even though combustion cork gave heat combustion wood liquid material used making wood structure clearly polluting year later university went back traditional method falla making view greater environmental sustainability valencia city hall square falla—formerly known valencian community falla one made entirely public money doesnt participate official competition—that introduced series experimental change cartoonist sento llobell designer francis montesinos dressed ninots collaborated artist manolo martín period recall falla recreated façade valencia city hall crane excavated ground finding thousand object although there single method make falla traditionally divided scene bottom representing different situation usually critical event bigger doll making central body sign valencian rhyme show broad theme remate represents general theme usually figure placed bigger one standing centre falla special section falla important section follow exact pattern usually one remate theme falla changed throughout history beginning served criticize happened neighborhood dealt issue local nature little little sometimes hidden manner started criticize people important locally since spanish transition democracy falla turned global topic nowadays criticize political social issue community national global point view however many falla make use satirical purpose order criticize banal topic like tv show celebrity etc comisión fallera erects large falla childrens one latter small measurement ninots smaller similarly childrens falla make use satirical ironic nature less acute form falla monument receive different prize according category falla subject matter valued prize category first prize section important prize section first prize section first one inventiveness grace first prize alternative falla furthermore generalitat valenciana diputación de valencia bonfire saint john junta gestora de la magdalena well private entity also give prize often include sum money falles actualidad fallera portal dinámico de la falla de valencia el monumento fallero distrito falla