Tuesday, March 20, 2007

La Crema in Plaza de la Merced March 19, 2007

This was filmed by Enrico. It's about 10 minutes long, but he captures it all in that 10 minutes. The signal of la crema is the brief fireworks display to call everyone to the falla. After the fireworks they set off the traca (string of firecrackers)the traca (with the help of strategically placed bags of kerosene) ignites the falla.
You can see the firemen spraying down the buildings and anything else nearby that is not supposed to burn.
You'll also notice the anticipation before the big pieces fall. Plummeting balls of inferno always get a big reaction here.

1 comment:

george glootey said...

Gracias por haber publicado mi video!

Fallas Rulez!

nice blog man!

Ciao Enrico