Valencia, (EFE).- The group ‘La pyrotecnia’, made by Carlos Carsí for the Monestir de Poblet-Aparicio Albiñana fault, popularly known as L’Antiga de Campanar, will be saved from the flames of the fire on March 19, since the public has chosen him as the “pardoned doll” of the Fallas de Valencia in 2023.
A work by the artist Carlos Carsí, ‘La pyrotechnics’ is part of the falla ‘Som de colors’, and represents a typical fallera scene. a mother and her daughter, both dressed in traditional Valencian clothing, contemplating the ‘nit del foc’ from the balcony-viewpoint of her house.
The ninot will go to the fallero museum
‘The pyrotechnics, which will become part of the Fallas museum, has obtained 12,263 votes out of the 51,631 cast by the public attending the ninot exhibition, inaugurated on February 4 and closed this Wednesday, as reported by the Councilor for Festive Culture and president of Junta Central Fallera, Carlos Galiana.
The reading of the verdict was chaired by the mayor of Valencia, Laura Mengod, who precisely belongs to the commission of L’Antiga de Campanar.
In second place was the ninot of the Almirante Cadarso-Conde Altea commission, with 8,807 votes, and in third place was that of the Exposición-Micer Mascó ruling, with 5,000 votes.
L’Antiga has obtained a pardon for three years
This is the third year that L’Antiga de Campanar, from the Campanar sector, has received the pardoned doll, and the second in a row. Previously, he achieved it with Alberto Rajadell in 1993 and in 2022, this last time with ‘Fantàstika indumentaria’, also by Carlos Carsí.