La mascletà
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La mascletà, pyrotechnic espectacle.
Gunpowder has great prominence in the festival of Fallas, the mascletà is a deafening pyrotechnic show, a concert of gunpowder explosions with a unique sound that makes people vibrate who comes to hear it.
During the festival week mascletaes are shot in different falles neighbourhoods. At the end people usually enjoy the aperitif and taste typical dishes under the Mediterranean sun on the restaurants terraces of the city.
It is also common to hear the shooting of rockets and firecrackers on any street in Denia, as well as the traditional despertaes, a way to wake up the citizens in the early hours of the morning.
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