Pineapples Alacant
Alacantina, with a, not Alicantina, with i, as appears even in the official festival program, premiered yesterday evening in the main square of Valencia. It is one of four pyrotechnic companies participating for the first time in the Fallas and, among them, the one that is in the Region. The other three are: the day before yesterday (Alpujarreña of Granada), today's (Huesca Huesca), and Friday, 6 (Pibierzo, Leon). Yesterday, Alacant offered a rather classic fire, even austere, could say. Adhering to traditional forms but seize new electrical ignition systems for parts, as they did.
I take the opportunity to discuss here what we mean when we distinguish between classic and modern, for you to clarify: the classic show masletá used to consist of a Valencian fireworks appetizer (which so far of March has been every day) , beginning about three 'times' or aerial parts, a terrestrial body five- or six "traffic jams" or sections corresponding air accompaniments a 'earthquake' or categorical ground end and a "bombing" air (which is usually divided into two parts: truenillos streamers and thunder stroke end). That's the classic, canonical. It is the style mascletá Alacantina yesterday. Meanwhile, a more modern fire, digitized, entails including detonations electrified by, for example, rhythms or rotations around the plaza. All this, there was two decades ago, not something that has been integrated quite well in the show and that, being very showy accomplishments, much like the public.
Returning: Alacantina struck by not using whistles in the air early. Its use is so common there that, without them, everything was more austere; somewhat drier. Eye that this is not bad per se. It is a stylistic variant. He had six withholding or parts ground. The first type was canyeta with combs of thunder, concentrates, which reused in all other land parts. The only unusual, yesterday, was that the sixth arrival retention, the last of the earthly body, air support went to deploy throughout the east side of the square (Post).
What I liked is that such support was extended enough to stay alive as he entered the earthquake, serving air link between both parties. He served well, to make him enter the earthquake apparently more naturally. This last part of land culminated with "pineapple" Number 5 (kickers large caliber). The company puts them this name because of the "punches" (loud explosions) sticking. Finally, a classic bombing, in two parts, sealed the shot.