The $5M Festival That Ends in Flames

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Valencia’s Las Fallas Festival is one of Spain’s most fiery art traditions, a celebration of Saint Joseph where towering handcrafted sculptures, or ninots, are built over months, only to be set ablaze. Blending satire, art, community, and centuries-old custom, it’s a spectacle like no other. In this video, we follow artists Pepe and Marina Puche as they complete their monumental falla, Cupid’s Problems, before it meets its fiery end... 00:00 Introduction 00:42 What's Fallas de Valencia? 01:19 Meet the Puche Family 02:03 Why they do it? 02:36 Cupid has problems 03:13 The Ones Saved from the Fire 03:58 The great burn! Executive Producer - Rosie Tomkins Lead Producer - Alberto Chelleri Camera - Alberto Chelleri & Juan Carlos Fita Planells Editer - James Rayner Got a story idea for us? Send us an email at pitch [at] GreatBigStory [dot] com 📧 Get exclusive GBS items from our online store 🛒 👉 https://shop.greatbigstory.com/ SUBSCRIBE: https://buff.ly/41yqVHF NOTIFICATIONS: Make sure you enable the 🔔 to get notified about our latest video publishes. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatbigstory Check us out on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatbigstory Join us on Snapchat: https://story.snapchat.com/p/18450982-0867-49c9-b4ac-2a534d1c86aa Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatbigstory Give us a shout on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greatbigstory Sign up to our newsletter: https://greatbigstory.com/signup/ #festivals #spain #artoftheday #festivalseason