The first Falla built abroad has come to Valencia after 22 days of journey by sea from Argentina, where the artist Federico Felici has been commissioned to design the monument by the Vall de Laguar-Padre Ferris Committee.

Ricardo Galan, the person in charge of this committee, explained that they considered that “the distance was not an obstacle” and voted that the monument remained in Felici’s hands, who had been their artist in previous festivals in Valencia, but now was residing in his country.

“A Tribute to the Carpenters” is the motto of this monument and its cost is 7,000 euros of which 3,000 were used to pay the freight and transport tariffs.

The journey to Valencia took place in the Maruba ship “in a container of almost seven meters high, divided into four compartments to protect the different parts of the monument”

Before departure, port authorities in Argentina inspected the Falla suspecting it would be used for drug trafficking, so they made some holes in the monument, which have been repaired when it arrived in Valencia.

Besides consulting with the Main Committe Fallero whether there was any problem in the Fallas to be created abroad, the Vall Laguar Falla has also had to overcome many of phytosanitary inspections, “the most complicated of all procedures”, according to Galán.

Another innovative point of this Falla has been the material used to be composed being recycled wood, electrical appliances packaging, pallets and a broom.

• Source: www.adn.es
• Artist’s website: www.federicofelici.com

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