Every year Valencia hosts a huge "fire" festival called Fallas Festival. The event starts on March 14 and lasts five days. Mass festivities are confined to even an older holiday - the Day of St. Joseph known as a patron saint of Valencia. That holiday was celebrated in the medieval period. The holiday got its present name not long ago. Fallas comes from the Latin word «fax», which means “a torch”.
Even a few centuries ago local residents praised the city's patron saint and celebrated the long-awaited arrival of spring. As a rule, such celebrations were accompanied by entertaining folk festivals and lots of delicious food. Traditionally, during the celebration people were encouraged to burn unnecessary old items. First of all the locals got rid of old candlesticks and various kinds of stands. They became simply unimportant as the duration of daylight increased because of spring.
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