So today, March 1st, started Las Fallas. This is the world renowned spanish festival held solely here in Valencia. Rather than go into detail about what this is I'll let you guys take a quick look at the wikipedia page.
Since this morning I have been able to hear fireworks going off all over the city. But the main event of each day is called "La mascleta". Every day until March 19 there will be una mascleta in Valencia. Basically this means that a plaza will be closed down and a fireworks will be set off around 2 PM.
I was able to attend the first mascleta of Las Fallas. It was like something I have never seen in my whole life. My roommate and I arrived at Plaza de Ayuntamiento an hour early and we got a great spot. The fireworks started at 2 PM. Watch the video and enjoy. Right around 2 minutes we could start smelling the gun powder and ash was falling all over. The audio in the last minute or so isn't the best becuase the finale was crazy loud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueRlIocfzV4
There is also a link posted of the same mascleta, only from a better vantage point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857xDyoYGXo
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