Donncha<p><strong>The Valencia Mascletà</strong></p><p>Wikipedia says, “A mascletà (pronounced in Valencian: [maskleˈta]) is a pyrotechnic event characterized by the achievement of a noisy and rhythmic composition that features, particularly during daytime, in street festivities; it is typical of the Valencian Community (Spain). It gets its name from the masclets (very loud firecrackers) that are tied by a wick to form a line or firework display. These are usually fastened at a medium height with ropes or raised by cannons.”</p><p>They are LOUD. The sound reverberates around the city centre, and you can feel it shake your body, and even into your legs. Quite an experience!</p><p>I did try to protect my ears, but it’s two days later, and there’s a remnant of the mascletà still ringing gently in my left ear since this morning when I woke up. Only time will tell if that is permanent.</p><p></p>Apertureƒ/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO100Shutter speed1/160s<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/celebration/" target="_blank">#celebration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/coloured-smoke/" target="_blank">#colouredSmoke</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/cultural-event/" target="_blank">#culturalEvent</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/falles-festival/" target="_blank">#FallesFestival</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/fireworks-display/" target="_blank">#fireworksDisplay</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photo/" target="_blank">#Photo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/photography/" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/pyrotechnics/" target="_blank">#pyrotechnics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/sony-a7rv/" target="_blank">#SonyA7RV</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/spain/" target="_blank">#Spain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/town-hall-square/" target="_blank">#TownHallSquare</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/tradition/" target="_blank">#tradition</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://inphotos.org/tag/valencia/" target="_blank">#Valencia</a></p>