A large elaborate effigy or cardboard structure depicting satirical scenes, displayed and burned during the Spanish festival of Las Fallas.
From Valencian/Spanish falla, possibly from Latin falx or falda, or from the practice of burning wooden structures. The tradition developed in Valencia, Spain, where the festival has been celebrated for centuries.
Every March, Valencia celebrates Las Fallas by building and burning massive wooden sculptures—it's like the Spanish version of burning giant effigies, and they've been doing it since medieval times!
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