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Falla or
monumento fallero is an artistic monument, usually large (three to twenty meters in height, sometimes higher) composed of figures called
ninots, which typically encircle one or more bigger central figures, called
remates. The fallas are placed in the streets during the
Falles festival in
Valencia (Spain), and in other towns with festivals inspired by it. The monument usually deals with a
satirical subject connected with recent news or public controversies, and is covered in posters with words, verses and statements of a humorous nature. The monument is made with combustible materials (cardboard, wood, paper, clothing,
expanded polystyrene, etc.) which are then burned in the streets after being on show for a few days.