During which March festival in Valencia are monumental artistic sculptures called ninots paraded and burned in huge bonfires?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Falles
- Step 1: According to the official source: The Fallas ( Valencian : Falles ; Spanish : Fallas ) is a traditional celebration held annually in the city of Valencia, Spain; it is the patronal festival of the town. [ n 1 ] The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. ... Traditionally during the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker -filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument, in a street of the given neighbourhood. Answer: Falles. Why not the others: Feria de Abril, Semana Santa, and La Tomatina are other world-famous cultural festivals and religious celebrations held in different regions of Spain.
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