So this year's Grand Prize Winner in the Categor�a Especial is a repeat offender, they took the cake last year as well (and it's only their 4th year in this category)! Designed by Vicente Mart�nez Aparici, with a budget of 130 000�, the chosen theme was "Qu� faries si anara a acabar-se el m�n?" (What would you do if the world were to end?).
The monument is composed of various allegories representing the end of the world, through symbols such as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the president of the Categor�a Especial Jury particularly admired the "composition" and the concentration of figures "in perfect equilibrium" within this Hoguera, which defines the "essence of the fiesta". Personally I think what also helped this Hoguera (as opposed to my favourites Calvo Sotelo and Hern�n Cort�s) was that it follows a purer Alicante style of a dominance geometric shapes and lines (as opposed to the curvier figures in Hern�n Cort�s, reminiscent of the Fallas in Valencia). For a look at the people's reactions on hearing the good news, check out the pictures in this blog (I think it's by a local reporter).
First a couple of amusing scenes, such as a critique against popular "diets":
One thing I enjoyed about this Hoguera is that the notes that accompany each figure (present in all hogueras) were trilingual! So I don't need to do any translating! ;o)
How about this one?
How many of us have dreamt of doing this? Please let me know when the end of the world is nigh so I don't miss my chance! :p
Of course, when we think Biblically, "End of the World" brings one word to mind: Apocalypse! And as it says in the Bible (thx Wikipedia for the quotes!):
So where does this lead us if we can't make the cut for...
The monument is composed of various allegories representing the end of the world, through symbols such as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the president of the Categor�a Especial Jury particularly admired the "composition" and the concentration of figures "in perfect equilibrium" within this Hoguera, which defines the "essence of the fiesta". Personally I think what also helped this Hoguera (as opposed to my favourites Calvo Sotelo and Hern�n Cort�s) was that it follows a purer Alicante style of a dominance geometric shapes and lines (as opposed to the curvier figures in Hern�n Cort�s, reminiscent of the Fallas in Valencia). For a look at the people's reactions on hearing the good news, check out the pictures in this blog (I think it's by a local reporter).
First a couple of amusing scenes, such as a critique against popular "diets":
One thing I enjoyed about this Hoguera is that the notes that accompany each figure (present in all hogueras) were trilingual! So I don't need to do any translating! ;o)
How about this one?
How many of us have dreamt of doing this? Please let me know when the end of the world is nigh so I don't miss my chance! :p
Of course, when we think Biblically, "End of the World" brings one word to mind: Apocalypse! And as it says in the Bible (thx Wikipedia for the quotes!):
"And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."
"And I beheld, and lo a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow: and there was given unto him a crown, and he departed as conqueror and to conquest."
"And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand."
"And I beheld, and lo a pale horse; and he that sat on him was called Death, and Hades followed with him."
So where does this lead us if we can't make the cut for...
...uh-oh...
ouch!
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