Benidorm 'Fallas' makes an offering to Mare de Déu del Sofratge one day before the 'cremà'

The three Fallas commissions of Benidorm, Els Tolls, Rincón de Loix and Benidorm, made the traditional offering to the Mare de Déu del Sofratge after a procession that started, after 6:00 p.m., from Levante beach, at the junction of Europa and  Mediterráneo Avenues.

The banner of the Local Fallera Board led the procession, behind which the queens of the Festes Majors Patronals, Valentina Almodóbar and Laia Zamora accompanied by their court of honour. The president of the Fallera Local Board, Esther García Durán, and the 'falleras' from the Rincón de Loix, Benidorm Centro and Els Tolls Fallas, Ariadna Orgilés, Olaya García, Aitana Torres, Alejandra Tomás and Noemí Alcántara, along with members of the three commissions, all of them accompanied by 'pasodobles fallers' and melodies with 'xirimita' and 'tabalet'.

The delegation was closed by the authorities with the mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez and the Councilor for Festivals, Mariló Cebreros, at the head and together with numerous members of the municipal corporation, and the regional deputy, José Ramón González de Zárate. A parade that travelled along Avenida del Mediterráneo, Pérez, Llorca, Martínez Alejos, Alameda, Calle Mayor and ended at the Castell to, from there, offer bouquets to the image of the Virgin at Plaza de Castelar. Meanwhile, thousands of people accompanied the 'fallers' as they passed through the city's central streets and gathered at the Castell to contemplate the offering.

At the end of the offering, Toni Pérez addressed those present and recalled that the Fallas are “a very Valencian festival” declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The mayor thanked the three city commissions for their work and wished “that the monuments burn as they should” while asking everyone to “enjoy these festivities as much as possible.” The first mayor concluded with the wish that with the 'nit de la cremà' "the bad things will burn away and we will live with hope for 2025" and encouraged the falleros and falleras to "keep the flame of the festival lit" and the neighbours and visitors to enjoy the last day of this year's Fallas.

The cremà will begin tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. in the Rincón de Loix children's falla; at 11:00 p.m. it will continue at the Infantil de la Falla Benidorm Centro and Els Tolls. At 11:30 p.m. it will begin at the Rincón de Loix Falla; at 0.00 a.m. in Falla Benidorm Centro and 00.30 a.m. in Els Tolls.