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... in this celebration of fire and feast. Las Fallas means “the fires”. This name is very appropriate because, a lot of things are set on fire. Fallas are statues that are built by craftsmen in valencia. All these craftsmen spend months building these extravagant statues of random people and characters. Each of these statues cost around seventy-five thousand dollars. On march 19 people flood the streets in preparation of lighting the statues ablaze with fireworks. It is not just the fire that brings all of these people to Valencia. All of the people in Valencia help out in different ways. Women make tons of food that flood the street on March 19. Children make necklaces of flowers and give them to everyone they see. It is also the mood that brings three million people to celebrate in Valencia. Everyone is happy. No one that goes leaves unhappy. The peo...