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| The " ninots " are
the individual figures that make up the scenes in the Fallas
monuments. At the beginning of February, each Committee donates
its best " ninot " (just one) to a collective exhibition
that is open to the public up until the day of the “plantà” (15th
March), when each figure is collected by its Committee and taken
back to the Fallas monument it belongs to on a noisy and colourful
parade with whistles and brass bands. Each visitor to this exhibition has the chance to vote for the "ninot" that he or she likes best: whether because of its originality or its design. When the time comes to close the exhibition, the votes are added up and the "ninot" with the largest number of votes is saved from the flames: this “ninot indultat” will have the honour of being the only “ninot” in all of Valencia that will not burn on the night of the 19th. The same process is repeated with the children's Fallas, whose “ninots” can also be visited at the same exhibition. |