The Cultural Review

Fallas Festival

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Giant, burning statues of Valencia's Fallas festival juxtaposed with commercial advertising, highlighting the tension between tradition and commercialization.
Culture

Commercialization threatens to erase the soul of Valencia's Fallas festival.

In Valencia, the annual Fallas festival now costs over €7,000,000 to stage.

Eleanor Voss·August 9, 2026