#valencian community

[beatricecenci]

Josep Benlliure i Gil (Spanish, 1855-1937)

El jardí de l’autor

[useless-catalanfacts]

Now it's been a week since the floods, but we must remember that the damage is not nearly over. It will take months and years for the affected families to recover. And that's not counting that 215 people have died and 78 are still missing. Many homes, streets, fields, schools, etc are destroyed. I'm glad for all the solidarity we've seen this first week, but they are going to be needing help for a long time to recover.

All the local organizations are thankful but for some days have been asking for people to stop sending them objects (tools, clothes, food, etc) because the collection points have so many that they can't manage them and they don't even need so many of some things being sent, for this reason there are storehouses full of materials that they don't need but people keep sending and some volunteers are having to stay there to coordinate the stuff that arrives instead of being where they're needed. So, please, don't send any more things unless you are coordinated directly with a local association there that asked for a specific thing. They say that the most useful donations now are money and not any more food nor second-hand objects. (Again, thank you very much because this overwhelming response speaks of the goodness and solidarity of everyone who immediately reacted by sending things! but let's do it in a coordinated way with the affected people to make sure it's useful).

Also, recently some well-meaning people have been sharing fundraisers to help the victims, but some of these posts seem to be made by outsiders compiling what they found on Twitter, which ended up spreading fundraisers that belong to far right-wing groups, the Catholic Church, and to associations that aren't well known in the area.

If you can make an economical donation to help these people who have lost everything in a day, these are some trustworthy associations:

Fundraiser by Fundació Horta Sud. This is a foundation created by many local associations of the Horta Sud area, one of the areas that has been the most impacted by the catastrophe. It's a well-known foundation that brings together many local associations. This and the next one are the fundraising that is most recommended by people on the ground working on immediate needs.

Casals i Ateneus dels Països Catalans (federation of social centres of the Catalan Countries) has many social centres in the affected areas and is coordinated with trade unions to provide immediate needs. The bank number for donations is ES74 3025 0002 4614 3344 7057.

Fundraiser to help small family-owned farmers (farmers are one of the poorest segments of population in our country, families own a small plot of land and they're very threatened by big corporations, they're at the forefront of fighting for climate and the rural communities' traditional way of living with nature). The fundraiser is created by the International Centre of Rural and Agriculture Studies (Centro de Estudios Rurales y de Agricultura Internacional). This is the fundraiser shared by trustworthy Valencian associations that work in favour of rural communities and traditional cuisine, such as Tasta'l d'ací.

Fundraiser for the grass-roots cultural associations and cultural heritage guardians, organized by the Federation of Local Studies Institutes of the Valencian Country, the Coordinator of Local Studies Centres of the Catalan-Speaking Countries, the Federation of "Ateneus" of Catalonia, and the Ramon Muntaner Institute. Many local archives, centres of local studies, "ateneus" (social and cultural centres with an important task as a library for the community and as historians of the area, among other cultural activities) and other cultural associations headquarters have been destroyed. They are very important for the memory, history and culture of small areas. To write articles about the history and legends for this blog, I very often use work published by these local study groups, because most of the time they are the only ones working in detail on the historical and cultural heritage of their hometown. Here is the information on how to donate, as shared by the organizers:

Translation: Let's help the Valencian cultural and heritage associations affected by the 2024 floods. You can send your donations to [the bank number] ES98 3159 0066 91 3048828523 Or the BIZUM code 10586 (starting on 7th November 2024). You can send the receipt of your donation to: solidaritatcultura@fedinespv.org.

You can find more associations that are collecting donations in this document by Suport Mutu DANA València.

Thank you very much for caring.

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

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how cool! alexia is one of the featured ninots (statues/puppets) as part of the falles de valència festival next week!

this is a really popular festival (it has even been recognised by unesco!) the origins date back to the middle ages when during spring as the days got longer, local carpenters would make a bonfire to get rid of oil lamps supported by wooden arms as well as old furniture and rubbish accumulated during the year. over the centuries, the festival evolved to focus on the issues of the day and the statues are meant to be satirical depictions, which is probably why they have alexia in her spanish kit and not in a barça one 😂

the ninots are placed on wooden structures on which to be displayed during the procession and then at the end, they are all burned!

[nando161mando]

📢 14 municipis del País Valencià i vora 100 de l'Estat tornem als carrers aquest cap de setmana en una altra jornada històrica en suport a 🇵🇸❗

➡️ Aturem el genocidi a Palestina, fi al comerç d'armes i a les relacions amb Israel

📥  Si ets del País Valencià, descarrega't els cartells de les convocatòries ací i empapela els teus territoris: https://linktr.ee/BDSPaisValencia

📢 14 municipalities in the Valencian Country and around 100 in the State are back on the streets this weekend in another historic day in support of 🇵🇸❗

➡️ Stop the genocide in Palestine, end the arms trade and relations with Israel

📥 If you are from the Valencian Country, download the posters for the calls here and wallpaper your territories: https://linktr.ee/BDSPaisValencia

@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff

[wgm-beautiful-world]

V A L E N C I A

[the-cricket-chirps]

Joaquin Sorolla

Seascape

1904

[rabbitcruiser]

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was elected as Benedict XIII as the new pope on September 28, 1394. He was considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.

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[travelella]

Elche, Alicante, Valencian Community, Baix Vinalopó, Spain

Manuel Torres Garcia

[dasloddl]

please please help

Anyone on this website study in Valencia?

Are the courses (in biology) split into Spanish and Valencian?

Meaning that L1 and L2 for example have the same stuff they teach, just in different languages?

[beatricecenci]

José Mongrell Torrent (Spanish, 1870-1937)

Galanteo valenciano

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A very fun tradition from Ibi (Alacant, Valencian Country) celebrated on the days around Innocents' Day (December 28th), the equivalent in Latin countries of what April Fools' Day is in the USA.

Video by cabrafotuda (seguiu-lo a Instagram i a TikTok). English subtitles added by me.

[someday-dreamlands]

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮, 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲

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Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas en Valencia, ESPAÑA

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One Line

What do you think about my pic?

[travelella]

Tabarca, Province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain

Manuel Torres Garcia