article_snippet: The locals say that everything that is bad is burnt, and reborn fresh for spring.
article_snippet: Valencian carpenters used planks of wood called parots to hang Valencian carpenters candles on during the winter, as these were needed to provide light to work by.
article_snippet: With the coming of the spring, these were no longer necessary, so these were burned.
article_snippet: Over time, and with the intervention of the Church, the date of the burning of these parots was made to coincide with the celebration of the festival of Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters.