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| |  | Tomatina 'Tomato festival'
The version which is most true to history says that all began in 1945, when the local youth found themselves in the village square, where "la tomatina" is traditionally celebrated. The authorities and the local band were marching through the square in a parade of "gigantes y cabezudos" ("giants and giant-heads"), when a group of these youth, who wanted to participate in the procession pushed those who were wearing fancy dress.
tomatina@lahoya.net
www.lahoya.net/tomatina
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| |  | "Las Fallas"
"Las Fallas" are peculiar satirical effigies,made of cardboard, wood, etc...which are placed in the squares and main crossroads, displayed to the public for a few days and then burnt on the night of 19 March, the festival of San José.
Tel: 96 352 17 30 - Fax: 96 352 44 94
jcf@fallas.com
www.fallas.com
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| |  | "Mascletá"(firecrackets)
In the"fallas" firecrackers are set off at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, fireworks at midnight, "cordaes" in the evening, and there are also the occasional "pyrotechnicians" who use these fireworks and firecrackers to make sure we never forget that we are taking part in the "fallas".
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| |  | "Cridá"
A new addition to this ceremony is the installation of a gigantic screen on which the whole "CRIDA" ceremony can be seen in all its detail by all the people who have come to to see the beginning of the fallas at the recently restored " Torres (Towers) de Serranos".
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