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Falla El Pilar

"The night"


Artist: Paco Torres.

Prize: 4th Special Section.
3rd of talent and grace.

Cost: 180.000 Euros.

"When night falls, incredible things happen in El Pilar. Even a tower full of heralds rises or the end of a huge puppeteer moves with difficulty in a truck down Calle Maldonado.

Drawn by these magical events, Nix, the feared goddess of the night, and the Night owl want us to experience with passion and abandon this world dominated by stars and constellations.
From the shadows lurk terrible dangers: vampires who suck the blood of citizens; werewolves who attack us with nightmarish tourist apartments; crows that take compromising photos; Jack the Ripper who preys on our savings; and even death itself, hidden beneath a harmless disguise.
In contrast, Morpheus guides us through the pleasant and idyllic world of dreams. When night falls, will you succumb to Nix's charms or fall into Morpheus's arms?."

Good night and good luck to find housing
Welcome to the real estate market, where the apartment is an extraordinary luxury. They say that the market is tense, but that is already a declared robbery: a thousand euros a month for... a bench in the street!
Here we have the landlord, Joan Butragueño Carroñero, 'Vulture' for friends. Big tennant, distinguished style, smiles at you while leaving you broke. To sign, he only needs three payrolls, a year's bond and guarantee... and two Dragon Balls!
The tenant, in his thirties, has found the opportunity to become independent. With ten years of savings and work, you can pay the entrance to this palace in the center of the city. The effort pays off!
Opportunity! In the lamppost of the neighborhood, a 'room with window' is rented for an autonomous worker who bills late and gets payed worse. This is life: working like a donkey every day to end up living inside... of a trash can!


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The wolf is coming! The wolf is coming! and the whole town was scared.
Now the wolf is here, it is impossible to find housing! I'm afraid of being homeless.

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It sinks its fangs into the payroll, sucks up VAT, washes and sweats, and doesn't stop until there isn't a trace of color left in the account.
Drop by drop leaves us pale, with receipt and notification, plays raising the glass full of our contribution.

Halloween night Trick or treat.
Trick or treat? says Pedro 'Gómez' Sánchez, smiling. The trick is to change one's opinion, treat, not to lose the chair... In this night of monsters, there is no need for a witch or a vampire, the real trick is simple... to rule no matter what and to resist!.
Yolanda 'Morticia' Díaz smiles thinly and calculatedly, while preaching revolutions in an upholstered chair. Distribute red candies with social etiquette, but the sugar lasts a day and the bill is deadly!
On Halloween night there is no shortage of pumpkin promises, sugary deals and, suddenly... Gabriel Rufian, with Trick or treat on his hand! The treat is always for him, the trick... for the citizen
On this political Halloween, some hand out concessions, others seek confrontation... and we suffer the fear! Budget candy, amnesty lollipops, and autonomy nougat. In the end, it's the people who have to pay for all this sweetness!


'Wednesday' Ayuso is always like a motorcycle, flooring the accelerator. She doesn't compromise, she doesn't back down, she attacks, she finishes, and she improvises. She thrives on conflict, on shouting, and on headlines, because peace doesn't win votes or prime-time airtime.
'Fetid' Abascal travels comfortably as a passenger: if the government falls, all the better; if the PP breaks apart, even better. The worse, the better. The more shouting, the more votes. Because without noise there's no war, and without war there's no narrative.


Night of the descoberta
Every second Sunday in May, Valencia awakens with its heart in its hand, to honor Our Lady of the Forsaken. At five o'clock, the Descoberta procession moves us to silent tears; at eight, the Children's Mass fills us with innocence; at ten-thirty, the transfer of the image is a cry of courageous love..
And when it's over, Escuraeta watches us go by, to buy the little bell and keep it safe.
A living tradition passed down from generation to generation.


Night in the workshop
We've included the little Fallas girl, the grandmother... everything! And then there's the Geperudeta (the Virgin of the Forsaken), we don't know what else to do... all for one vote! We were just missing some little mice... Oh, what a disappointment, it won't end up in the Museum, it didn't win at the Exhibition.


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Death has come to visit me, says she'll leave me in peace for a while. I told her we're off, what the heck! It's the only way I can get rid of the mortgage!

Silent Night
The Christmas star that guided the Magi to the manger is now a supersonic bomb bearing the seal of world 'peace'. It streaks across the sky at full speed, seeking no redeemer; it charts courses, sets targets, and leaves the people... without shelter or heart.
Silent Night, they say. And the sky fills with fire. Silent Night, they sing. And the bomb falls on the block. Silent Night for those in power, who feel no tremor. Eternal night for the people, who inherit ash and pain.


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It no longer comes down the chimney, now it arrives by imperial decree. Trump Noel with a golden toupee and a global blacklist. He decides who has been 'good' and who deserves coal and sanctions, he distributes 'peace' with tariffs and 'love' with billing.
The whole world bringing him gifts, like submissive pages, 'here is my respect... do not impose the sanction on me'. And so the new carol sounds, it is no longer about giving, it is about flattering, it is not he who distributes gifts, it is the world that must kneel.

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Behind him come three 'Evil Kings', Putin, Netanyahu, and Maduro, profiting from the destruction. They steal the people's gold, leaving behind ash and desolation; the incense is the smoke of bombing, the myrrh... only to embalm the pain.

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As night falls, and with the darkness, Jack the Ripper appears. A man who murdered women... Isn't that terrifying? Two centuries ago in England, or yesterday in your community, the same problem persists, and we haven't solved anything.

One Thousand and One ...Fallas Nights!
Sultan, if you want a thousand stories, let's talk about Fallas nonstop! When Scheherazade finished the tales of the Far East, she thought: 'If I want to save my life, I have another world to tell.'
The stories of the Fallas festival are born in the Fallas club, in a "I heard...", they pass through the Central Board, they change depending on who's telling the story, and they grow every moment. Every day a new tale, every night a new development... whether it's a true story or a rumor from the city.


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The Fallas queens run for the offering on the Nit del Foc. Run, put on your hair comb, run to the gathering, run, grab your flowers. Don't parade, fly! Run in the Plaza de la Virgen. Run so we make it to the Nit del Foc.

The night of plantá
Welcome to the night of the "plantá" . In recent years, more decoration than actual figures have been planted. A palm tree blocks a finial, and a eucalyptus tree prevents you from seeing a ninot. A "falla"? What's wrong with that? I came to see a ficus and flowers!


Nico Garcés and the magic lamp
Inside the Central Fallas Board headquarters lives Nico Garcés, a magical genie. He bestows favors, assigns judges, and distributes prizes... according to providence. And providence, coincidentally, tends to favor the same places!
If you happen upon the genie, don't miss the chance to ask him for three judges... I mean, three wishes!


The night of Cremá
'It's finally March 19th,' says the poor President, overwhelmed by countless fines, arguments, and outstanding payments... The poor guy is more burned out than his falla will be at the end of the night. 'Tomorrow it all starts again,' they tell him. Nooo!


Scheherazade can rest easy now: as long as there are Fallas, there will be no shortage of stories. And if one day they end—which they won't—there will always be the Fallas Congress... which will last for more than a thousand and one nights.


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The witch obsessed with social media casts spells to go viral. Digital ego is boiling in the cauldron!

Wedding night
Wedding nights are all about passion, dosed out every four hours, like paracetamol. Golden anniversaries, on the other hand, are more like a shot of medicine—good luck getting one this year!
On the wedding night, it's all "Pepe, ask me for anything you want," "Mari, make me all yours." On the golden anniversary: ​​"Be careful with your knee replacement," "Mari, where's my pillbox?"


To bring darkness to humanity
We created AI to save time, and now we can't do anything without it! And we're delighted: without thinking, without listening, telling us what to do. We're automatons with 5G coverage!
We've traded our skin for a touchscreen, conversation for audio, life for a 24-hour story. We've forgotten how to laugh without recording it! Night didn't fall from the sky; we chose it.
In today's Fallas festival, nobody bothers to think anymore. Just a button, a click... and the AI ​​gives you the rhyme. It's not original? It's not witty? Bah, it gives it to you in a second and for free. Lots of automated verse... and very little humor.