(17 Mar 2007)
1. Various of crowd
2. Various of fireworks
3. 'Falleras' (women in traditional costume) greeting crowd from town hall balcony
4. Set up of Rita Barbera, Mayor of Valencia
5. SOUNDBITE : (Spanish) Rita Barbera, Mayor of Valencia :
"Fallas is a very typical Mediterranean popular celebration. It is a celebration of art music and gunpowder (fireworks) that brings happiness. It is our own explosive to express that we are Mediterranean people. It is also the way we celebrate the arrival of Springtime."
6. 'Falleras' (women in traditional costume) walking around city centre
7. Various of celebrations and feasting
8. Set up Lucia Cordon Company, 'Fallera' (women in traditional costume)
9. SOUNDBITE : (Spanish) Lucia Cordon Company, 'Fallera' :
"This is the first time that I am designated leading 'Fallera' I don't know how I will react when the fallas burn, maybe I will burst in to tears, but I think when something ends it means that something new begins. Its like a renovation and it's the way it should be. I like it as it is"
10. Various children's admiral Falla, which has been pardoned
11. Set up Luis Ramirez, Vice President of Admiral Falla
12. SOUNDBITE : (Spanish) Luis Ramirez, Vice President of Admiral Falla :
"It's a great honour for us to win the public's vote and get the pardon two years in a row. Not only because of the economic and artistic effort that we put in but also because it is the result of the popular vote."
13. Various of falla
14. Set up Vicente Martinez working
15. SOUNDBITE : (Spanish) Vicente Martinez, Fallas Artist :
"I expect the jurors to recognise the work we did. I want them to notice all the little details and that the after taste will be a good one. To obtain an award gets more and more difficult these days. All in all I want them to remember this Falla. "
16. Various of Falla with a food theme
17. Various people buying fried pastry snack
18. Wide of fireworks
19. Various of public watching
LEAD IN :
Every year the Spanish city of Valencia hosts a week-long celebration that culminates on Saint Joseph's day (March 19), the city's patron saint day.
The "fallas" fiestas are some of Europe's most famous festivals.
STORYLINE:
Daytime fireworks, famous for their intense noise, echoed across Valencia's city centre during the annual Fallas festival.
The "Mascleta" is an audio and visual fireworks' display that takes place every day at noon in front of the town hall during the festival.
One crucial part of the festivities is the the preparation and consumption of huge quantities of the region's most famous dish, paella.
The story of paella began in the autonomous region of Valencia, when the Moors introduced rice cultivation to the marshlands surrounding its capital (of the same name) during the 8th or 9th century.
But the highlight of the fiesta is the burning of the grotesque gigantic papier mache figures.
Fallas is the culmination of the work and effort of an entire year.
The 'ninots' and 'fallas' are the expression of a unique kind of art using large wooden structures covered with painted papier-mache or more recently polystyrene.
The 'ninots' are comic representations of popular or topical personalities.
The 'fallas' are larger creations based on themes reflecting local, provincial, national and even international topics.
Today over 600 fallas are mounted throughout the city from the start of the festival on March 15.
Almost every street corner has its own falla and some are as tall as twenty metres (66 feet).
Keyword-wacky -bizarre

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