Fallas: why some love them and others hate them

Fallas are the most important festivals in Valencia. It is true that they arouse passions, but it is also true that a sector of the population hates them. Why do they raise such contrary reactions? Are there psychological factors involved?

Why do failures polarize society?

Let's start from the fact that in Valencia there are falleros (those who belong to a "falla", generally, from their neighborhood) and non-falleros, although these festivities can be experienced from both groups. In general, the falleros tend to have more devotion to these festivities. In this case, the feeling of belonging to the group plays a very important role.

They tend to be people who have belonged to this group since childhood, who spend many festive moments with them, so it is completely logical on a psychological level that they associate going to the "falla" or the "casal" (place where they meet) with moments of happiness.

In addition, the fact of representing a group, a sector or a neighborhood generates pride and fosters this feeling of belonging to the group we are talking about, and

satisfies the social need.

On the other hand, they are festivals that stand out for the noise, the music, being in the street... that is, with elements of joy and celebration. However, as we said, there are people who do not like them and who come to hate them. This can be due to many reasons: not feeling integrated into a group, not belonging to any fails or that the friends they have do and that for any of these reasons they feel alone and alone, etc

People who don't like noise are also often opposed to these parties. In this sense, another important factor is the phobia of firecrackers (in general to loud and sudden noises), known as ligirophobia, in the treatment of which we are specialists in Mariva Psychologists and that also affects the children of the house.

Closing cycles

Something that also draws attention, especially to people who do not know these parties in depth, is let the monuments burn. However, this is something that makes these holidays more special, and the psychological factor involved is that of ending one cycle and beginning another.

In fact, if we think about it, It is something that we see in various rituals of the human being (as in the New Year or in other cultural festivals) and that serves to try to end one stage and start another, to which is added the fire factor, which for many years has been understood as a way to purify, to burn what we consider negative and start again. zero.