He failed program it is coming to its end. He has a few hours left. Literally. The commissions have already celebrated the mass of San José and delivered the flowers in the offering to the Virgin. Now it’s the turn of the long-awaited (or not so long-awaited) cremà. The monuments of the neighborhoods will burn tonight, beginning a new fallero exercise. Kind of like the new year for them. The last to catch fire are those of the Town Hall Squarewhich they do around 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.. But the rest will do it from 8:00 p.m.. The schedule for Cremà 2024 would be as follows, although it is true that each year it depends on the progress that the firefighters take to go to each neighborhood to control the fire:

  • 20:00. Cremà of childhood failures.
  • 20:30. Cremà de la falla infantil that has won first prize in the Special Section.
  • 21:00. Cremà of the children’s falla in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
  • 22:00. Cremà of all the faults of Valencia.
  • 22:30. Cremà de la falla that has won first prize in the Special Section.
  • 11:00 p.m. Cremà de la falla in the Town Hall Square.

With this act, the last of the official program of these holidaysthe fire will consume, during the traditional ‘Night of the Cremà‘, the more than 700 large and children’s Fallas monuments planted in the Valencian capital and in the towns located in its metropolitan area integrated into its Central Fallera Board (JCF) – Burjassot, Xirivella, Quart de Poblet and Mislata -, as well as those of all the towns that host these festivals. Hours before, at 7:00 p.m. the Fire Parade will take place, which will run through the center of the city. The procession will leave the peace street and will reach the Porta de la Mar.

Why the Fallas burn in Valencia

The burning of the Valencia Fallas has to do with the tradition (19.29%)he spirit of renewal (14.9%) and the need to close stages, burning things they don’t like (14.6%). That was what the city’s residents responded in 2024, according to a survey carried out by Europa Press. The festival has evolved but the reasons for the burning of fallaes remain the same as those pursued by the ancient carpenters, who according to tradition, started the burning of fallaes. But they were not failures as such. They were old and useless junk along with the wooden gadgets. The monument has evolved over the centuries. They are no longer made of paper and cardboard like they were at the beginning of the 20th century. Currently, the most voluminous figures They are made of white cork. These monuments collect political and social criticism from the ‘ninots’, independent figures that accompany the main monument. Today, all but two of them will burn to put the finishing touch to the Fallas festival.