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Fallas Festival Returns

The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. Photo: Jose Jordan/ AFP

Ninots (cardboard figurines) burn as one installation of the Fallas Festival is put on fire in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Ninots (cardboard figurines) burn as one installation of the Fallas Festival is put on fire in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Ninots (cardboard figurines) burn as one installation of the Fallas Festival is put on fire in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A ninot (cardboard figurine) burns as an installation of the Fallas festival is put on fire during the last night of the festival in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A Fallas installation is put on fire during the last night of the festival in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

An installation of the Fallas festival is put on fire during the last night of the festival in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Ninots (cardboard figurines) burn as one installation of the Fallas Festival is put on fire in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A woman in kimono takes images of a falla during the Fallas festival in Valencia on September 2, 2021. - In Valencia, yesterday's deluge of water disturbed the organization of the Fallas, the major festival in the region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, postponed from March to September due to the pandemic. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A falla inspired in the Spanish Netflix hit series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) is pictured during the Fallas festival in Valencia on September 2, 2021. - In Valencia, yesterday's deluge of water disturbed the organization of the Fallas, the major festival in the region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, postponed from March to September due to the pandemic. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A falla is pictured during the Fallas festival in Valencia on September 2, 2021. - In Valencia, yesterday's deluge of water disturbed the organization of the Fallas, the major festival in the region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, postponed from March to September due to the pandemic. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A woman in kimono walks past a falla during the Fallas festival in Valencia on September 2, 2021. - In Valencia, yesterday's deluge of water disturbed the organization of the Fallas, the major festival in the region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, postponed from March to September due to the pandemic. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

A ninot (cardboard figurine) burns as an installation of the Fallas festival is put on fire during the last night of the festival in Valencia on September 5, 2021. - The Fallas, the major festival in the Valencia region featuring parades of floats and giant cardboard sculptures, was cancelled in 2020 and was postponed this year from March to September, due to the pandemic. Its last cancellation was in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)