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The
Monestir de Poblet-Aparicio Albiñana
falla (
L'Antiga de Campanar
), made by the artist Josué Beitía, won this Saturday the
first prize in the Special Section of the Fallas of Valencia
with the
'Canvi climàtic' monument.
The L'Antiga de Campanar monument has had a
budget of 170,000 euros and its theme makes us reflect on climate change
"despite the deniers" and without considering it a "passing issue."
Beitía, with the design by Carlos Benavent and the script by Miguel Prim,
has reflected the four seasons that have been reduced to two
by the phenomenon of climate change and refers to the temperatures that rise without stopping;
to the autumn and spring that have run out of space and to the species that are in danger of extinction.
Two people contemplate the Monestir de Poblet-Aparicio Albiñana faultMIGUEL ÁNGEL POLOEFE
The award was announced this Saturday by the
Fallera Central Board
in which its president, Santiago Ballester, read the classification with the list of awards.
An appearance lasting more than an hour and a half and in which there was an interruption of more than 30 minutes, after which the awards for Section One A and the Special Section were read.
Campanar celebrates the "triumph" without forgetting the "hard moments" of the fire
The falleros and falleras have assured that
this "triumph" has left them "speechless"
and, at the same time, they have highlighted the "joy" that this award entails for the
neighborhood after the "hard moments"
experienced a few weeks ago due to the fire of a block of buildings.
"It's a very good thing after everything that's happened," they noted.
Between jumps and chants of "champions, champions" and the song 'We are the Champions' in the background, the members of this Campanar commission exploded with joy when they heard in the tent the name of their commission as winner of the first prize of the gold category of the
Valencia Fallas
.
Rest of prizes
The
second prize in the Special Section
went to the Exposició-Micer Mascó falla, by the artist David Sánchez Llongo and with a budget of 182,000 euros.
Under the title "Sensitive", the monument features
a woman who, as a source of life, invites us to better understand the senses
.
In
third place
is the
Voodoo
of the Plaza del Pilar falla, with a budget of 175,000 euros and by the artist Paco Torres Josa.
The
fourth prize
went to the Sueca-Literato Azorín falla and the
fifth
went to Cuba-Literato Azorín.
They complete the
falla prizes of the
Convento Jerusalem-Matemático Marzal Special Section with the sixth prize;
Regne of Valencia-Duke of Calabria with the seventh;
Na Jornada with the eighth and Almirante Cadarso-Conde Altea with the ninth.
The first prize for Wit and Grace in the Special Section has been awarded to Sueca-Literato Azorín, the second to Regne de València-Duque de Calabria and the third to Cuba-Literato Azorín.