De Mascletà van Caballer FX van vandaag voor Internationale Vrouwendag 2023 laat me nog steeds sprakeloos achter. Video komt eraan en volg ons voor live
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I always love photos (and videos) taken from the press-platform on the roof Ayuntamiento. I was lucky enough to be able to experience a mascletà once from there, even though I didn't had the proper accreditation!
Long story short: there was a special "fallas ambassador program" from the JCF, which I/we were part of. That program also gave everyone a JCF accreditation to, for example, enter the monuments of the Seccion Escpecial for free, and some other things. It wasn't of the same level as an official press-accreditation.
3 of the other 'ambassadors', all Valencian girls/women had the idea to go and watch the mascletà from the press platform and convinced me to go with them. We didn't know for sure if the passes would allow us acces to that, we weren't told it wouldn't. In the end all 3 landed in discussions with the police at the rear of the cityhall and even though we got denied first (and I did not feel comfortable to keep trying), they kept on talking and trying (that is why the part of them being Spanish/Valencian is important, hehehe!) and eventually they managed to "convince" the police and they talked us in and were able to watch it from there!
Also had the opportunity (although this time it was 'legal'!) to watch a mascletà nocturna from the balcony (where the FMV and CdH normally stand) of cityhall. That also was an amazing experience.
Unfortunately the whole 'ambassador-project' died out eventually (we heard this year), because of new people on several departments of the JCF, which didn't continue the program.
But I think the city is doesn't feel the need anymore since Fallas is an UNESCO heritage. This year it's much more strict with accreditation for some and for some others it's not. I wish they would have a more streamlined and fair process!
