The Ofrendà is yet another act during Fallas which depends on good weather. This year, even up to the beginning of the parades on the 17th, nobody was certain if they'd happen or not. The weather forecasts were predicting rain and winds, but the organizers decided to go ahead and push through.
Come along with us to admire the Fallas figures of 2022, which we encountered during the course of a couple marathon walks through the city of Valencia. Usually, Fallas marks the start of spring, when normally temperatures are rising -- it's almost t-shirt weather, with the sun out and everyone in a great mood.
The process of building the Fallas figures is called La Plantà - Many visitors to Valencia's Fallas come only for the last five days of the festival, when all the figures are more or less done. To them, it's like arriving to a perfectly set table -- they haven't seen all the work which goes into these monuments, some of which require up to two weeks to put together.