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Festivities of Paterna

Paterna, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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Festivities of Paterna

Activity · Paterna, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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Paterna celebrates its main festival on the last Sunday of August, with parades of Moors and Christians and the Cordà de Paterna, declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Nacional (a national tourist-interest festival designation) in 2017. The Cordà, of uncertain origin though documented since the 19th century, is a nighttime pyrotechnic display lasting about 25 minutes that begins at 1:30 in the morning, during the festival of the Santísimo Cristo de la Fe. Along 150 metres of Calle Mayor, coets, coetons and femelletes (types of firecrackers) are hung, totalling around 70,000 firecrackers and 1,000 kilos of gunpowder each year. The Coeter Major opens the event with a green flare and closes it with a red one, while around 350 male and female shooters, protected by thick clothing and leather overalls, are responsible for lighting them.

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