Fallas
Ninot exhibition: 4 Feb to 15 March
Feb 2
The annual Ninot Exhibition opens this Saturday, 4 February and runs until 15 March.
For those of you who don’t know a lot about Fallas yet, ninots are figurines (often life-sized) which make up part of a falla. Every year, each of the clubs which build a falla puts one ninot into the exhibition where the public vote for their favourites.
Route 66 Idiomas language school students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a close-up look at over 750 ninots and vote for their favourite models. The winners of the public vote in the “mayor” and “infantil” sections will be declared “indultat” and saved from being burnt on 19 March (they are then kept in the Fallas Museum).
Tickets for the last 2 weeks of the exhibition and weekends usually sell out fast. So if you want to visit to exhibition, get down to Nuevo Centro shopping centre (metro stop: Turía) as soon as you can to avoid queues and disappointment.
For those of you who are new to Fallas, the pictures above should give you an idea of the calibre of previous winners of the prestigious honour that is being chosen as Ninot Indultat. For more information, check out fallas.com.
Happy Fallas! – Bones festes!
Mar 14
Everyone at Route 66 Idiomas language school would like to wish you Happy Fallas!
To get you in the mood, here are some pictures from the Exposición del Ninot.
If you have any Fallas pictures you’d like to share, why not send them to us?
See you all soon!
Fallas starts here!
Feb 3
The annual Ninot Exhibition open this Saturday, 5 February and will be open until 15 March. Fallas 2011 has begun!
Route 66 Idiomas language school students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a close-up look at over 750 ninots and vote for their favourite models. The winners of the public vote in the “mayor” and “infantil” sections will be declared “indultat” and saved from being burnt on 19 March (they are then kept in the Fallas Museum).
However, don’t leave it to the last minute. Tickets for dates in the last 2 weeks of the exhibition and weekends tend to sell out fast. So best to get along to Nuevo Centro (metro stop: Turía) quickly to avoid queues and disappointment.
For those of you new to Fallas, the pictures above should give you an idea of the calibre of previous winners of the prestigious honour that is being chosen as Ninot Indultat.
