This is a great description.

e nature of a mascletà: it’s less of a performance event, and more of a deeply physical experience. The 10–20 minutes of synchronised explosions feel like being pummelled in the chest whilst standing on a vibrating platform. It’s intense and quite …in the middle of the day, not at night. But even that doesn’t convey the true nature of a mascletà: it’s less of a performance event, and more of a deeply physical experience. The 10–20 minutes of synchronised explosions feel like being pummelled in the chest whilst standing on a vibrating platform. It’s intense and quite emotional — like an extremely violent gong bath.
Fallas Is Over: But Will My Hearing Ever Recover?
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Matthew Clapham
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Mar 25, 2024
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This is a great description. It is so much more affecting than simply the sound. The vibration, the intensity, the relentlessness...
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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.
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