article_snippet: The event, showcasing the beautifully-dressed 'Falleras', forms part of the Fallas festival - a five day and night continues party and celebration held in commemoration of Saint Joseph in Valencia. '
article_snippet: The timing of the events is fixed and the events fall on the same date every year, though there has been discussion about holding some events on the weekend preceding the Falles, to take greater advantage of the tourist potential of the festival or changing the end date in years where it is due to occur in midweek.
article_snippet: Each neighbourhood of the city is required to produce a 'falla' - a wooden sculpture that is eventually burnt.
article_snippet: There are different speculations regarding the origin of the Falles.
article_snippet: One suggests that the Falles started in the Middle Ages, when artisans disposed of the broken artifacts and pieces of wood they saved during the winter by burning they to celebrate the spring equinox.
article_snippet: The timing of the events is fixed and the events fall on the same date every year, though there has been discussion about holding some events on the weekend preceding the Falles, to take greater advantage of the tourist potential .
article_snippet: The Fallas festival is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the citizens of Valencia .