Three younger 'Falleras' dressed with typical dress are seen in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 18, 2006, during theFallas Festival. The biggest festival in Valencia,LasFallascelebrated in March each year and is a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honour of Saint Joseph. Thousands of tourist comes to see the 'ninots' large paper caricature satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.(AP)

Las Fallas Festival: 西班牙瓦倫西亞火祭節(jié)，每年3月12日至3月19日舉行，已成為西班牙極有特色的節(jié)慶，每年都吸引成千上萬(wàn)游客前往當(dāng)?shù)?，放火迎接春天。所謂的fallas 是指上過(guò)彩的木頭或紙板雕塑而成的作品。Ninots就是用紙制成的模擬像，其題材取自時(shí)下的人物或社會(huì)現(xiàn)象、問(wèn)題，極具諷刺性及幽默感。此節(jié)源自中世紀(jì)，當(dāng)時(shí)木匠為了紀(jì)念他們的保護(hù)神圣·約瑟夫，有燃燒木制雕像的習(xí)俗，后來(lái)逐漸演變成火祭節(jié)。3月19日是圣·約瑟夫的生日。