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It's one of those days when, I think it's one of the churches, explosively loud rockets are let off every few minutes throughout the day. Can anyone enlighten as to whether there's an actual purpose to this?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:51am
Very helpful member
Hi,
Just Google it :-)
When I did this a site www.valenciabonita.es gave up all the information.
As everyone says " This is Spain" so just accept their traditions and noise, as inconvenient as it may be, as we would expect people from our home country to. Personally I love that the Spanish celebrate anything and everything and if you can't beat them then join them. If you get to learn what's going on around you I'm sure that you'll enjoy it more.
Have a great week and enjoy the festivities :-)
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:47am
Legendary helpful member
San Vincente Ferrer is the patron saint of Valencia, hence the reason to celebrate.
The rockets are fired for a reason at these fiestas and if you find the programme of events produced by the ayuntamiento they explain when and why they are being fired.
I’m with Madcatwoman on this and I just love the way the Spanish party.
I’m sure there’ll be a time when war breaks out and we’ll just casually sit back and say it’s another fiesta
Lynn
Madcatwoman wrote on Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:51am:
Hi,
Just Google it :-)
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When I did this a site www.valenciabonita.es gave up all the information.
As everyone says " This is Spain" so just accept their traditions and noise, as inconvenient as it may be, as we would expect people from our home country to. Personally I love that the Spanish celebrate anything and everything and if you can't beat them then join them. If you get to learn what's going on around you I'm sure that you'll enjoy it more.
Have a great week and enjoy the festivities :-)
I'm fully aware of where I am, and also fully accept and enjoy fiestas. I was looking for an explanation for the rockets and the timing. They started about 11, just single rockets, with a spacing of about 2 mins between them for about 15-20 mins at a time, once an hour for 4 hours. Loud enough to set off every dog in the area. Annoying?... absolutely, especially when trying to relax on the roof terrace. I just don't understand why, and didn't find any explanation of this particular aspect of the celebration in your link. Understanding goes a long way to acceptance. I would add that I asked several Spanish neighbours, and none of them knew
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:30pm
Legendary helpful member
Hi GerryJ,
We had the rockets and fireworks over the weekend too. My poor woof dragged me all around our regular morning walk - 45 minutes of him stressed and panting.
It's interesting that people say, "This is Spain", when in fact they should be saying, "This is Valencia" (they may also say, "This is Sevilla"), because the link is oranges. I'm reliably informed by my Spanish (Spanish) teacher that Comunidad Valenciana is one of the noisiest regions to live in Spain after it was discovered that if you peel an orange, hang the peel to dry and then set light to the pith (DISCLAIMER: don't try this at home, LOL!), it behaves like gunpowder. Apparently, when the selling price of oranges is lower than the cost of production, the farmers sell their harvests for a higher price to firework producers.
Unfortunately, given that most of us move to Spain for the much better climate, I won't be moving to the much quieter (and wetter) Galicia any time soon!
Kind regards,
Kim
